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Degradable thermosets from cellulose acetate allyl carbonate via thiol–ene click chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00794A, PaperJaeheon Kim, Emily A. Prebihalo, Mayuri K. Porwal, Nathan B. Rackstraw, Tyler J. Weinstein, Ben Reiner, Lyndsay Leal, Kelli Ogawa, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Theresa M. Reineke
The development of degradable thermosets from renewable resources addresses the pollution associated with fossil fuel-based plastics.
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B(C6F5)3-catalysed cyclic carbonate editing
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01888A, CommunicationYicheng He, Krishnapriya Anattil Unnikrishnan, Wenhao Yin, Rositha Kuniyil, Haifeng Du, Wusheng Guo
An unprecedented B(C6F5)3-catalyzed cyclic carbonate editing approach is reported. DFT calculations detailed the reaction pathways and the origin of excellent stereoselectivity.
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Asymmetric defective site-triggered triple synergistic modulation in nanoconfined aerogel for superior electrochemical conversion of low-concentration nitrate into ammonia
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00830A, PaperKe Wang, Tong Zhao, Shiyu Zhang, Rupeng Wang, Meng Wang, Zixiang He, Shih-Hsin Ho
A synergistic strategy combining nanoconfinement with defect engineering is proposed to boost nitrate electroreduction via concentrating nitrate, enhancing nitrate adsorption, accelerating water dissociation, and suppressing hydrogen evolution.
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Platinum nanoparticle-doped recycled PLA filament for sustainable additive manufactured electrocatalytic architectures
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00851D, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Karen K. L. Augusto, Robert D. Crapnell, Elena Bernalte, Hayley G. Andrews, Orlando Fatibello-Filho, Craig E. BanksPt nps were produced on graphite flakes using an eco-friendly aqueous synthesis and no additional reagents/solvents. This was used to make a bespoke filament from recycled PLA and bio-based castor oil, using only 5 minutes of thermal mixing.
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Deciphering the synergistic role of chemisorbed phosphate on FeOOH for high-efficiency overall water splitting
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01624J, PaperXiaoqian Du, Junjun Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Huilong Wei, Xiu Lin, Wen Guo, Pengfei Zhang, Zhenghong Luo
An iron-based catalyst was synthesized via a wet-chemical method using inexpensive raw materials. By modifying the electrolyte composition, the properties of the catalyst were systematically tuned, thereby enhancing the efficiency of water splitting.
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Conversion of biomass-derived monosaccharides to 2-methylfuran in supercritical acetone
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01910A, PaperQiufu Zeng, Chenyu Ge, Qianxin Sun, Xi Li, Changwei Hu
Supercritical acetone enables one-pot xylose-to-2-MF conversion via C–C cleavage/aldol condensation, achieving full carbon utilization.
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Electrochemically driven tandem addition–cyclization: synthesis of thiadiazinanes and thiophosphonates
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01831E, PaperHonghao Zhou, Yike Zhang, Liting Ma, Xiangyang Liu, Chun Zhang, Feifei Tong, Dandan Hu, Jun-Qi Zhang, Jianguo Yang
An iodine-catalyzed electrochemical strategy for the sustainable synthesis of 1,2,5-thiadiazinanes and thiophosphonates was developed. This strategy demonstrates excellent functional group tolerance, sustainability, and facile scale-up potential.
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Enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and biomass oxidation over Ce-doped NiPxvia optimization of electronic modulation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01605C, PaperShuhan Liu, Yifei Ye, Lele Gao, Zhen Yan, Haokun Pan, Zhaokun Wang, Guangrui Zhang, Xiubing Huang
Ce species synergistically adjust the electronic states of Ni in Ce-NiPx/NF, and the escape of P provides a large number of reaction sites, resulting in FDCA yield and Faraday efficiency of 98.69% and 98.38%, respectively, at 1.40 VRHE.
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Visible-light-driven photocatalytic depolymerization of post-consumer PET to terephthalic acid via cerium catalysis with batch-to-flow scalability
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01218J, CommunicationYujian Pang, Xiqun Wu, Zhijie Li, Jie Sun, Zhenjiang Li, Jiang-Kai Qiu, Jian Wang, Canliang Ma, Kai Guo
The first report of a cerium trichloride photocatalyst enabling ambient visible-light PET depolymerization in batch and microfluidic systems.
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Selective oxidation of glucose–galactose syrup to gluconic and galactonic acids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01381J, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Joseph Install, Anže Zupanc, Seonyeong Kim, Wenjia Wang, Marianna Kemell, George W. Huber, Timo RepoOxidation of Greek yoghurt acid whey derived GGS syrup to gluconic and galactonic acids with solubility driven separation provides a route to high value bioproducts from dairy waste.
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Switching between α-alkenylation and α-alkylation of nitriles by coupling multiple electrochemical methods
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01206F, CommunicationKai Li, Tong Li, Yupu Zhang, Hao Yang, Qi Sun, Zhiyong Wang
Switching between α-alkenylation and α-alkylation of nitriles was achieved by strategically coupling multiple electrochemical redox methods.
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Machine learning-guided optimization for ionic liquid-based polyethylene terephthalate waste recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01998B, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ji Gao, Wenbo Peng, Andres Galindo, Ethan Slaton, Jose Perez Martinez, Guanghui Lan, Zhaohui TongMachine learning-based ionic liquid design and reaction condition optimization towards unified economic and environmental performance indicators.
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Green synthesis of building blocks, drug candidates and fine chemicals by barochemistry: application of high pressure in organic synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01075F, Tutorial Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Guoshu Xie, Valerie Wright, Alexander Lazarev, Gary Smejkal, Vera Gross, Béla TörökBarochemistry, the use of high hydrostatic pressure, is a powerful green activation method that enables effective, scalable, energy efficient and solvent-free synthesis—offering a distinct advantages over other non-traditional activation techniques.
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Depolymerization of polyesters by in situ generated alkali metal alkoxides
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00664C, PaperJunyan Wu, Qingqing Zhao, Diandian Shi, Yiguo He, Zhen Miao, Haijiao Xie, Dianyu Wang, Shuzhuang Sun, Yadong Zhang
The strategy of ligand exchange between acetylacetone and ethylene glycol to generate magnesium alcoholate (MgEG) in situ for PET glycolysis.
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“On water” metal-free direct C–H amination and imination of olefins via tandem SNAr, click chemistry, and molecular nitrogen release
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01076D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sudripet Sharma, Seyedesahar Miraghaee, Sachin HandaThe hydrophobic effect of water facilitates clean and sustainable tandem transformations involving SNAr, click, and nitrogen evolution reactions, leading to metal-free C–H amination chemistry.
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Electrochemical selective incorporation of SO2 to synthesize fused-ring framework compounds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01138H, PaperZhi-Long Lei, Dan Tan, Jin-Tao Qin, Xiu-Jin Meng, Fei-Hu Cui, Hai-Tao Tang, Ying-Ming Pan
This paper proposes a mild and effective electrochemical synthesis method. Through electrochemical oxidation and free radical cascade reactions, SO2 undergoes selective insertion, generating two different families of fused-ring framework compounds.
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Multifunctional 3-cyanopyridine compounds: synthesis based on a tandem reaction with 100% atom economy and their applications
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01264C, PaperXi-Ying Cao, Zhong-Hao Li, Xiao-Hui Cao, Zong Li, Chu-Ming Pang, Zu-Qi Zhang, Zhao-Yang Wang
A NaOH-promoted tandem reaction under mild, metal-free conditions converts benzopyranitriles and pyrrolidines to multifunctional 3-cyanopyridines for fluorescence and antibacterial use with 100% atom economy and 97% yield.
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Enabling desaturation of lactones by reversible catalytic activity of ‘ene’-reductases
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01533B, PaperFengxi Li, Yihang Dai, Shenhan Xie, Xinjia Yu, Xinyan Shi, Zhengqiang Li, Chuang Du, Zhi Wang, Lei Wang
An engineered old yellow enzyme lactone dehydrogenase (OYE1LD), which can reversibly catalyze the formation of CC bonds and facilitate the conversion of lactones and ketones into their α,β-unsaturated counterparts, is reported.
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Direct nitrile electrosynthesis from amino acids on nickel oxyhydroxide
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01194A, CommunicationXudong Liu, Zhe Chen, Tao Jiang, Wei Du, Can Lei, Xueting Cao, Shuangshuang Cha, Mengxin Qu, Xinchi Zhou, Ming Gong
A promising method of synthesizing functional nitriles from amino acids on α-Ni(OH)2 pre-catalysts through consecutive oxidative dehydrogenation and decarboxylation.
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Carbon-dot-modified phloroglucinol–glutaraldehyde resin photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01193K, PaperJiarong Wang, Ning Li, Weijie Ren, Jie Wu, Qing Chang, Jinlong Yang, Shengliang Hu, Haolan Xu
Carbon dots (CDs) can boost quinoid structure formation in resins. CD-combined PG resins realize the combination of an indirect two-electron oxygen reduction reaction and hole-induced carboxyl group oxidation to generate H2O2.
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