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Highly efficient electro-epoxidation of olefins coupled with bromine recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00148J, PaperHaoqiong Zhu, Menglu Cai, Xiaozhong Wang, Liyan Dai
A Br-mediated, membrane-less electro-epoxidation of olefins has been developed with a 97.5% yield and 84.7% Faraday efficiency, integrated with a practical electrolyte regeneration process.
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Evolution process of humins derived from cellulose by a humin extraction approach
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00654F, PaperXianda Li, Zhongping Shao, Haozhe Shan, Li Liu
A novel strategy was developed to extract cellulose-derived humins, thereby disclosing their structural evolution process for the first time.
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Deoxygenative dual CO2 conversions: methylenation and switchable N-formylation/N-methylation of tryptamines
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00942A, Paper


New types of deoxygenative dual CO2 conversions were developed in which two CO2 molecules acted as different synthons and were converted into methylene and N-formyl/N-methyl groups.
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Red-light-driven enantioselective Minisci-type addition to heteroarenes via recyclable semi-heterogeneous catalysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00566C, PaperYajun Sun, Geyang Song, Yonggang Yan, Tengfei Kang, Jianyang Dong, Gang Li, Dong Xue
Graphitic carbon nitride with chiral Brønsted acid enables red-light-driven enantioselective Minisci reactions on heteroarenes, featuring broad substrate scope, recyclability (10 cycles), and sustained reactivity/selectivity.
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A highly efficient ruthenium catalytic system for the direct synthesis of butanol from propylene and CO2: a low-temperature reverse water–gas shift route
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00055F, PaperChenfei Yao, Boyu Zhu, Peng Zheng, Xingbang Hu
An efficient catalytic system was reported for the direct preparation of butanol from propylene and CO2 based on a low-temperature reverse water–gas shift reaction.
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Electrochemical difunctionalization of indolizines with glyoxylic acid and halide salts
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06102K, PaperChenglong Feng, Xin Liu, Peipeng Zhang, Meichao Li, Zhenlu Shen
A green and efficient one-pot electrochemistry methodology has been developed for C–H difunctionalization of indolizines, providing a series of difunctional indolizine derivatives in moderate to good yields under mild conditions.
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Zwitterionic polymer-assisted asymmetrically coordinated Cu atoms on aligned carbonous microchannels for efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00732A, PaperCongwei Wang, Kun Zhang, Xiaoxiang Zhang, Jianmei Wang, Xinglin Luo, Gang Li, Kaiying Wang
CuSA embedded in aligned porous carbon was prepared via zwitterionic polymer-assisted adsorption, directional freezing and pyrolysis. Benefiting from asymmetrical coordination and aligned microchannels, CuSA@AHPC exhibited a FE(CO2-to-CO) of 96.11%.
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An ionic porous organic polymer gel with hydroxide anions as an efficient catalyst for N-formylation of amines and amides with carbon dioxide
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00173K, PaperJie Xu, Di Chen, Zhaobin Ye, Shasha Ma, Yuanlong Wang, Jianyong Zhang
A metal-free heterogeneous ionic gel catalyst with triaminoguanidine and 1,1′-(p-phenylenedimethylene)bis(4-formylpyridinium) cationic units catalyzes the N-formylation of amines and amides.
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N-Heterocyclic carbene-/photoredox-catalyzed regioselective carbonylation of alkenes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00609K, Paper


We developed a novel dual catalytic strategy by combining NHC catalysis with photocatalysis for the carbonylation of alkenes, enabling the synthesis of valuable 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds.
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Electrochemically enabled nickel-catalyzed controllable synthesis of monoaryl or diaryl amines from aryl halides and trimethylsilyl azides
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06307D, PaperJiawei Huang, Xiaoman Li, Xue Zhao, Yu Wei, Liang Xu
Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical synthesis enables selective monoaryl and diarylamine formation from aryl halides and TMSN3, marking a revolutionary progress in direct arylamine production.
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Highly active Fe–N4 sites confined in ordered carbon nanotube arrays as a self-supporting cathode catalyst for oxygen conversion
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00820D, PaperShuling Liu, Tongjun Li, Guozheng Dong, Xinao Wei, Keke Zhao, Bangan Lu, Yu Chen, Yanyan Liu, Jianchun Jiang, Baojun Li
A self-supporting FeSA/NC catalyst, featuring atomically dispersed Fe–N4 active sites, exhibits remarkable activity for alkaline oxygen reduction with a high energy density of 77 mW cm−2 and long-term stability (77 h) in quasi-solid ZABs.
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