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Advances in biomass-based molecularly imprinted polymers: From sustainable design to diverse applications
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01018G, Tutorial ReviewLina Fu, Xinlin Zhang, Xuanting Zhao, Litao Wang, Yujie Fu
Biomass-based molecularly imprinted polymers (bio-based MIPs) are well used in more fields because of their environmentally friendly properties, low costs, and abundant active functional groups. This work comprehensively reviewed the...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01018G, Tutorial ReviewLina Fu, Xinlin Zhang, Xuanting Zhao, Litao Wang, Yujie Fu
Biomass-based molecularly imprinted polymers (bio-based MIPs) are well used in more fields because of their environmentally friendly properties, low costs, and abundant active functional groups. This work comprehensively reviewed the...
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Recent advancements in chemical recycling and biodegradation of post-consumer polystyrene waste
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02162F, Critical ReviewHongbo Lei, Zigao Wang, Songjun Li, Maiyong Zhu
The difficulties of recycling and degrading polystyrene waste result in its end-of-life cycle posing significant threats to humans, organisms, and the environment. To fully achieve environmental protection and green sustainable...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02162F, Critical ReviewHongbo Lei, Zigao Wang, Songjun Li, Maiyong Zhu
The difficulties of recycling and degrading polystyrene waste result in its end-of-life cycle posing significant threats to humans, organisms, and the environment. To fully achieve environmental protection and green sustainable...
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Sustainable biodiesel synthesis via non-catalytic transesterification of biomass waste-derived oil and ethanol
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02712H, PaperJee Young Kim, Dohee Kwon, Jun Ho Yim, Youngju Kim, Young Jae Jeon, Eilhann E. Kwon
Ethanol (EtOH)-based biodiesel, known as fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE), offers better fuel properties than methanol-based biodiesel.
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Caffeine-catalyzed synthesis of photopolymers for digital light processing
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00177C, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Warrick Ma, Anthony R. D'Amato, Yadong WangA caffeine-catalyzed reaction synthesizes an elastic, degradable, and sustainable thiol–norbornene photopolymer for digital light processing.
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MOF-derived Bi@NC electrocatalysts with heteroatomic engineering for high-efficiency CO2-to-formate conversion
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01683E, PaperJingxuan Song, Yuexian Du, Lu Liu, Kunfan Dong, Ziyu Deng, Yanghe Fu, Yijing Gao, Fumin Zhang, Fa Yang, Weidong Zhu, Maohong Fan
Electrochemical CO2 reduction offers a sustainable pathway to convert CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels, addressing critical challenges of energy sustainability and environmental remediation associated with greenhouse gas emissions. However,...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01683E, PaperJingxuan Song, Yuexian Du, Lu Liu, Kunfan Dong, Ziyu Deng, Yanghe Fu, Yijing Gao, Fumin Zhang, Fa Yang, Weidong Zhu, Maohong Fan
Electrochemical CO2 reduction offers a sustainable pathway to convert CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels, addressing critical challenges of energy sustainability and environmental remediation associated with greenhouse gas emissions. However,...
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Selective and efficient cleavage of Cα-Cβ bond in lignin models and native lignin through S-scheme CeO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02601F, PaperYin Ai, Yuzhen Zhao, Xiaoqin Huang, Xutang Liu, Siqi Kuang, Haichang Ding, Yu-Ling Zeng, Hongliang Liu, Gang Liu
The selective photocatalytic breaking of Cα-Cβ bonds holds significant promise for converting lignin biomass into value-added aromatic chemicals. However, achieving high efficiency under environmentally benign conditions remains challenging due to...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02601F, PaperYin Ai, Yuzhen Zhao, Xiaoqin Huang, Xutang Liu, Siqi Kuang, Haichang Ding, Yu-Ling Zeng, Hongliang Liu, Gang Liu
The selective photocatalytic breaking of Cα-Cβ bonds holds significant promise for converting lignin biomass into value-added aromatic chemicals. However, achieving high efficiency under environmentally benign conditions remains challenging due to...
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Radical Reductive Formylation of N-heteroarenes with Formic acid under Catalyst- and Solvent-Free conditions
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01788B, PaperShaofeng Pang, Qi Wei, Junxi Liang, Liqun Jiang, Xinyun Guan, Bolin Xia, Rong Shang, Yanbin Wang, Yujing Zhang
N-formyl-heterocycles are commonly found in pharmaceuticals and bioactive drugs. However, circumventing the typical catalytic transfer hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes and formic acid for the construction of these compounds, thus avoiding potential...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01788B, PaperShaofeng Pang, Qi Wei, Junxi Liang, Liqun Jiang, Xinyun Guan, Bolin Xia, Rong Shang, Yanbin Wang, Yujing Zhang
N-formyl-heterocycles are commonly found in pharmaceuticals and bioactive drugs. However, circumventing the typical catalytic transfer hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes and formic acid for the construction of these compounds, thus avoiding potential...
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Base-catalyzed cascades of monosaccharide conversion to formic acid: isotope tracking reveals pathways and their optimal usage under mild conditions in water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01907A, PaperStefan S. Warthegau, Mette-Maya Siewertsen, Robert Madsen, Sebastian Meier
We use real-time isotope tracking to resolve the complex pathways of glucose conversion to formate and its byproducts, which are shown to operate under kinetic control in water. Factors determining process efficiency are clarified.
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Electrochemical Ni–H catalysis for selective tail-to-tail reductive dimerization of terminal alkynes to access 2,3-dibranched butadienes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02238J, PaperShide Lv, Mingming Yu, Yinglong Ni, Tiantian Huang, Hong Yi, Aiwen Lei
Reductive dimerization of terminal alkynes offers a direct route to synthesize diverse 2,3-branched-1,3-diene frameworks.
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Photocatalytic 1,2-thiosulfonylation of alkenes with thiophenols and sulfonyl chlorides promoted by directly knitted copper polymers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02121A, PaperLijie Chen, Kai Zhang, Yajing Shen, Zhen Chen, Weiwei Fang
A three-component photocatalytic 1,2-thiosulfonylation reaction of alkenes with thiophenols and sulfonyl chloride was promoted by using a rationally designed copper-containing hypercrosslinked polymer via the “direct knitting” strategy.
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Visible-light-mediated late-stage N-functionalization of unprotected peptides: introducing the aza-Zimmerman–O'Connell–Griffin reaction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02108A, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sara Bacaicoa, Mario Martos, Wilma Yhlen Graf, August Runemark, Ganesh H. Shinde, Ganesh S. Ghotekar, Henrik SundénA sustainable, reagent-free method for amide synthesis and peptide functionalization via photoinduced ZOG rearrangement. High-yielding, purification without chromatography, and driven solely by light—ideal for greener peptide modification.
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Overcoming the conversion reaction limitation with a dual-phase sulfide-based cathode for all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01720C, PaperRuojian Ma, Yingzuo He, Minghao Ruan, Ruyi Fang, Xinxu Wang, Jun Zhang, Yongping Gan, Xinping He, Hui Huang, Xinhui Xia, Wenkui Zhang, Xinyong Tao, Min Fan, Yang Xia
A dual-phase sulfide-based cathode integrating CoS2 as an active site enhances cathode utilization and cycling stability of all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries.
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Amine-functionalized lignin hydrogels for high-performance N-type ionic thermoelectric materials
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06542E, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nazish Jabeen, Clara M. Gómez, Rafael Muñoz-Espí, Andrés Cantarero, Maurice N. Collins, Mario CulebrasAmine-functionalized lignin hydrogels serve as stable n-type thermoelectric materials through the thermodiffusion effect, offering efficient energy harvesting platforms.
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Intensification of wheat straw autohydrolysis at minimal water input: Advancing a novel hemicellulose-first approach
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02300A, PaperStanislav Parsin, Martin Kaltschmitt
The autohydrolysis of wheat straw, as a key step in a hemicellulose-first concept, was investigated with a focus on separating xylose-based oligomers and water-soluble polymers.
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The reaction of maleic anhydride with alkenes: a review on the mechanisms involved in the reaction of maleic anhydride with lipids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00543D, Critical ReviewShamseldin A. Mohamed, Mildrède Debello, Justine Cantot, Stéphane Lavaud, Guillaume Chollet, Clémence Queffélec, Emmanuel Chailleux
Maleic anhydride is one of the most widely used anhydrides after acetic and phthalic anhydride and its market has grown rapidly over the last century.
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Green solvent-based separation and regeneration of layered ternary cathode materials for sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01636C, PaperLiying Ou, Ying Zhang, Pengwei Li, Kai Zhu, Yinyi Gao, Dianxue Cao
Based on TEP solvent for separating electrode materials, efficient dissociation of NCM from binders and conductive agents is achieved, providing a green separation pathway for the targeted recycling of precious metals and Li resources in spent LIBs.
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Amino and hydroxyl functionalization of nucleosides via resonant acoustic mixing
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01768H, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Julian Marlyn, Olivia Del Carlo, James D. Thorpe, Masad J. DamhaThis study finds resonant acoustic mixing to be an effective tool in solvent minimization and rate acceleration in a variety of functionalization and protection reactions on nucleosides.
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A green strategy for selective recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries through a waste graphite-assisted sulfation process
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01464F, PaperMinyu He, Fagen Zhou, Sohrab Rohani, Charles Q. Jia, Dong Wang, Wenhao Yu, Liumei Teng, Fei Meng, Qingcai Liu, Weizao Liu
This research introduces a green recycling and regeneration method for spent lithium-ion batteries, demonstrating significant environmental benefits.
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RESILIENCE by design: ten principles to guide chemistry in a volatile world
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90103K, Editorial
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Carina S. P. Vieira, Daniela Malafaia, Diana R. Cunha, Joana F. Leal, João P. M. António, Pedro M. P. Gois, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Timothy Noël, Martyn PoliakoffResilient chemistry is becoming a major theme of sustainable chemistry and is being incorporated into innovative curriculum tools. We propose an initial set of ten principles with the acronym RESILIENCE, to help accelerate development of this theme.
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Self-photosensitized cycloaddition induced synthesis of a high-density fuel with ultra-low freezing point using bulk bio-benzaldehyde and furans
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06345G, PaperBo Yang, Jiawei Xie, Yuxuan Liang, Xiumei Ma, Huyao Ge, Xueping Wang, Zhaohui Wang, Qiuyu Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou, Junjian Xie
Self-photosensitized [2+2] cycloaddition is developed for synthesizing high-quality fuels with ultra-low freezing point using lignocellulose derived bulk benzaldehydes and furans.
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