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Catalyst-free N-dealkylation of aniline derivatives in water induced by high frequency ultrasound
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06170E, PaperKafui Y. E. Late, Damien Denis, Quentin Blancart Remaury, Patrycja Roszkowska, Anna G. Slater, Prince N. Amaniampong, Tony Chave, François Jérôme
Cavitation bubbles, formed by the ultrasonic irradiation of water at a high frequency, induce the catalyst-free N-dealkylation of aniline derivatives, opening an alternative pathway to transition metals and hazardous solvents or oxidants.
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Bridging plastic recycling and clean energy production: hydrogen-free catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene over CuMgAlOx for high-yield diesel fuel generation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01967B, PaperXiangyu Xie, Mengfei Wang, Ning Mao, Heping Yang, Xiaowei Bai, Zhenghua Dai, Jian Li
Catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene using CuMgAlOx as the catalyst achieved a liquid oil yield of up to 85.7 wt%.
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Modification strategies for cellulose-based anion exchange membranes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00844A, Critical Review


Sustainable biomass materials are at the forefront of green technologies across energy conversion, water purification and chemical processes.
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Modular synthetic routes to biologically active indoles from lignin
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01003A, Communication


Modular functionalization of a lignin-derived C2-acetal enables the synthesis of bio-based indoles via the formation of ortho-amino acetal derivatives and the in situ Schiff-base formation/intramolecular cyclization under mild reaction conditions.
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Design of a polymer supported chiral cobalt catalyst for heterogeneous enantioselective C–H activations
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06596D, PaperJie Lin, Dingguo Song, Wenji Zhang, Changdi Zheng, Cunwei Zheng, Jiayang Lv, Jun Xue, Weihui Zhong, Fei Ling
We report a recyclable polymer-supported chiral cobalt catalyst for diverse C–H functionalization reactions with high reactivity and excellent enantioselectivity. It maintains activity and selectivity in continuous flow, showing industrial potential.
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What do we learn when we study cytotoxicity? Critical shortcomings in the green chemistry context using imidazolium ionic liquids as an example case
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00836K, PaperKsenia S. Egorova, Andrey E. Kolesnikov, Alexey D. Tikhomirov, Alexander A. Filippov, Valentine P. Ananikov
Cytotoxicity measurements are crucial for green chemistry but prone to variability and misinterpretation. This study shows how time-dependent, multi-marker approaches can improve data reliability, ensuring more robust toxicity assessment.
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Continuous-flow electrochemical benzylic dehydrogenation of arylalkanes to arylalkenes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01442E, CommunicationXuan-Xuan Du, Shu-Fan He, Daixi Li, Yong Jiang, Chen Zhu, Tao Shen
A novel acid-mediated continuous-flow electrochemical strategy for arylalkane dehydrogenation was described.
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An entropy-driven multi-anionic electrolyte for Li-ion batteries with high voltage stability and superior temperature adaptability
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01658D, PaperJia-Zhen Zhao, Fu-Da Yu, Hai-Nan Wang, Ji-Huai Wu, Zhang Lan, Yi-Ming Xie, Lan-Fang Que
An entropy-driven multi-anionic ether electrolyte is designed to alleviate the limited oxidative stability and sluggish ion transport of conventional electrolytes, endowing NCM523 higher capacity and better cycle performance at both 25 and −20 °C.
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Sustainable and lignin-assisted polyesters with exceptional optical filtering via a highly atom-efficient in situ polymerization strategy
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00517E, PaperShi Liu, Conghui Mi, Yuxuan Qiu, Zhihan Tong, Jiajun Liu, Jinsong Sun, Xiaoxue Song, Qinqin Xia, Haipeng Yu
Sustainable optical filters with visibly opaque but near-infrared transparent (VONIRT) capabilities show great promise in optical detection and information security.
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A universal strategy for single-atom synthesis using conductive polymer-modified metal–organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01015B, PaperYuting Zhu, Na Song, Shengjun Liu, Kui Zhang, Bo Liu, Yang Wang
This work reports a general method using polymer-modified metal–organic frameworks to synthesize a series of single-atom catalysts (SACs) under mild conditions for improved photocatalytic reactions.
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Base-free aerobic oxidation on Pt/OMS-2 for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dicarboxylic acid: a bio-based flexible diacid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00123D, PaperEnhui Du, Mingxin Lv, Hongli He, Zhilin Chen, Jie Yang, Liyuan Huai, Yuxiang Chen, Jian Zhang
We developed a green and efficient method to synthesize bio-based flexible diacid, tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (THFDCA) that can replace petroleum-based 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (CHDA) due to their structural similarity.
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A platform for efficiently producing aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic primary diamines from alcohols
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01143D, PaperZhizhen He, Yeting Han, Wei Song, Cong Gao, Xinmiao Liu, Wanqing Wei, Jing Wu
A platform strain of Escherichia coli is capable of efficiently producing aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic primary diamines from readily available alcohols.
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Pore tuning in multivariate Zr/Ce-MOFs utilizing C4 natural linkers through room-temperature synthesis for customized adsorptive separation of gases and vapours
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01697E, PaperBochun Zhang, Qingqing Yan, Sujing Wang
Multivariate metal–organic frameworks (MTV-MOFs), inspired by the sequence-controlled organization of natural systems, offer a promising platform for tailoring functional properties through precise structural modularity.
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Transforming petroleum asphalt into carbon fibers and related metal/oxide composites by electrospinning synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01775K, PaperYing Gao, Yang Li, Qiang Niu, Pengfei Zhang
Electrospinning of petroleum asphalt with PAN enables carbon fiber formation. Metal salts modulate morphology and performance, yielding efficient OER catalysts with high asphalt content.
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Flavin-catalyzed electrochemical production of adipic acid from lignin-derived-methoxycyclohexanone with air and water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00026B, CommunicationMaki Murao, Taiga Mizushima, Hazuki Miyake, Daiki Atarashi, Hiroki Iida
A green electrochemical method converts lignin-derived 2-methoxycyclohexanone to adipic acid via tandem flavin-catalyzed oxygenations using ambient air and water.
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Discovery and green metabolic engineering of a self-sufficient genistein pathway in Paenibacillus jilinensis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01323B, PaperJia Bao Zhang, Wei Chen, Yong Jun Yang, Zhen Zhen Liu
Omics-driven, GSMM-guided systems metabolic engineering of Paenibacillus jilinensis boosts native genistein titres 9.3-fold while reducing waste by 92%, establishing a sustainable, plant-free route to isoflavone bioproduction.
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Ion-sieving separators modified by sulfonate-functionalized carbon nitride towards highly stable zinc metal anodes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01465D, PaperWenjie Si, Miao Yu, Jiawei Mu, Xiaoyu Liu, Jiale Li, Jiali Wang, Tiantian Li, Xiangcun Li, Wenji Zheng, Yan Dai, Xiaobin Jiang, Gaohong He
Sulfonated carbon nitride is proposed to functionalize glass fiber separators. The enhanced Zn2+ affinity, electrostatic repulsion against SO42−, and promoted hydrated Zn2+ de-solvation can enable uniform Zn deposition and suppress side reactions.
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Design and application of a decatungstate-based ionic liquid photocatalyst for sustainable hydrogen atom transfer reactions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02160J, Paper


Decatungstate-based ionic liquid photocatalyst (DT-IL) for sustainable hydrogen atom transfer reactions.
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Mechanical force inducing oxygen vacancies and pyrolysis gas reduction activity for the efficient valorization of waste biomass and Li-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01611H, PaperFengyin Zhou, Beilei Zhang, Hongya Wang, Danfeng Wang, Xin Qu, Shiyu Wang, Mengyi Tang, Ling Peng, Xiang Chen, Dihua Wang, Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee, Huayi Yin
A novel recycling strategy for retired LIBs combines mechanical treatment with biomass pyrolysis reduction, achieving 98% recovery efficiency.
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Multiscale exploration of the lignin dissolution mechanism based on novel ternary deep eutectic solvents incorporating p-hydroxybenzoic acid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00934K, PaperHanwen Ge, Jiahui Wei, Shenglin Wang, Zexu Yan, Mingzhe Jiang, Lingxiao Zhu, Chao Liu, Bin Li, Caoxing Huang, Huanfei Xu
Novel ternary DES were synthesized by adopting a new strategy in which the synergistic effect of hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interactions and π–π stacking was used to enhance the delignification ability of DES.
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