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Novel sustainable synthesis of a formaldehyde-free thermosetting phenolic resin through solvent-free reactive extrusion
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05352D, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Alex Maokhamphiou, Matthieu Zinet, William Guerin, Arnaud Soisson, Morgane Petit, Guillaume Jobard, Fernande da Cruz-Boisson, Karim Delage, Romain Tavernier, Véronique Bounor-LegaréThe synthesis of a resorcinol–terephthalaldehyde based phenolic thermosetting resin by reactive extrusion (solventless and very fast continuous method) is presented.
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Correction: Environmentally friendly process design for furan-based long-chain diester production aiming for bio-based lubricants
Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90039E, Correction Open Access 
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hye Jin Lee, Yoonjae Lee, Eun-hyeok Yang, Jiyun Yoo, Seungjun Choi, Soonho Hwangbo, Young-Woong Suh, Jayeon Baek, Jeehoon Han, Yong Jin Kim
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90039E, Correction
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hye Jin Lee, Yoonjae Lee, Eun-hyeok Yang, Jiyun Yoo, Seungjun Choi, Soonho Hwangbo, Young-Woong Suh, Jayeon Baek, Jeehoon Han, Yong Jin KimTo cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Bioconversion of a lignin-derived biphenyl dimer into the strategic building block 5-carboxyvanillic acid in Pseudomonas putida KT2440
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06537A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Helena Gómez-Álvarez, Carlos del Cerro-Sánchez, Pablo Iturbe, Virginia Rivero-Buceta, Juan Nogales, Timothy D. H. Bugg, Eduardo DíazA novel strategy for the bioproduction of the strategic building block 5CVA using the lignin-derived biphenyl dimer DDVA as the substrate.
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Regulating the bubble-water/catalyst interface microenvironment for accelerated electrosynthesis of H2O2 via optimizing oxygen functional groups on carbon black
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06493C, PaperYuanyuan Zhang, Xuan Zheng, Hui Su, Yun Ling, Rong Guo, Maosheng Zhang, Qingxiang Wang, Li Niu
Optimizing oxygen functional groups on carbon black improves the bubble-water/catalyst interface microenvironment, facilitating selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide with enhanced activity, stability, and sustainability.
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The origin, composition, and applications of industrial humins – a review
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06244B, Tutorial Review
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ed de Jong, Mark Mascal, Sandra Constant, Tom Claessen, Pierluigi Tosi, Alice MijaHumins are side-products derived from the acid-catalysed conversion of carbohydrate-containing biomass, including sugars (e.g. glucose, fructose, sucrose), oligo-, polysaccharides, and lignocellulosic feedstocks into HMF, furfural and levulinic acid.
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Tailoring the electronic structure and acid–base properties of MgO by Ce doping promotes biomass-derived formic acid production at room temperature
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00008D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yiqi Geng, Wenhua Xue, Jian Ye, Ruilong Zhang, Puranjan Mishra, Jun ZhaoA highly efficient Ce-doped MgO catalyst for biomass-derived glucose oxidation was developed, enabling the production of formic acid at room temperature with high conversion and yield, advancing sustainable, energy-efficient chemical processes.
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Sustainable construction of value-added naphthoquinones for pharmaceuticals
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06053A, PaperSibani Rath, Pinki Lamba, P. Sravan Kumar Reddy, Anugam V. Krishna, Dhevalapally B. Ramachary
We developed hydrodehydroxylation strategy in which 3-alkyllawsones were treated with aqueous HI in acetic acid under microwave irradiation for a few minutes to produce 1,2-naphthoquinones, which are part of many natural products and drugs.
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One material for many uses: facile construction of hydrogel sensors with strong anti-damage, anti-freezing, and anti-drying properties, cancer-killing ability and biocompatibility
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06197G, PaperJingwen Lan, Rukuan Liu, Yiming Gong, Sisi Liu, Zhihong Xiao, Airong Xu
An excellent hydrogel sensor with synergistic anti-damage, anti-freezing, and anti-drying properties, cancer-killing ability and biocompatibility has been successfully constructed via a superhydrogen-bond network strategy.
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Gas-induced modulation of carbon nitride morphology through a green one-step calcination strategy
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05794E, PaperJie Wu, Zheng Liu, Mengjie Li, Jinjuan Zhao, Shuwen Li, Honglei Yang
Self-generated gases in one-step carbon nitride calcination drive morphology and structure modulation, boosting photocatalytic activity through optimized charge transfer and specific surface area.
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Sustainable bioproduction of triterpenoid sapogenins and meroterpenoids in a metabolically engineered medicinal mushroom
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06275B, PaperFidelis Azi, Xiaomei Dai, Yuxiang Hong, Liqing Yin, Mingsheng Dong, Peng Xu
Metabolic engineering of a medicinal mushroom for sustainable bioproduction of oleanolic and ursolic acids and meroterpenoids. Oleanolic and ursolic acid production was enhanced by reconstructing the terpenoid backbone biosynthetic pathway.
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Rewiring methanol assimilation and reductive glycine pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to increase one-carbon recovery
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05254D, PaperMingming Qi, Chao Zhu, Chi Cheng, Wei Kang, Chuang Xue
Utilizing energy-rich methanol as an energy source for S. cerevisiae growth, integrating the reductive glycine pathway into methylotrophic yeast can reduce carbon loss and increase CO2 fixation.
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Batch and flow synthesis of sulfides and sulfoxides using green solvents and oxidant through visible-light photocatalysis
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05769D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jin Park, Su Hyeon Kim, Jun-Young Cho, Shafrizal Rasyid Atriardi, Jae-Young Kim, Hanifah Mardhiyah, Boyoung Y. Park, Sang Kook WooThe photocatalyzed reaction enables a sustainable one-pot synthesis of sulfides and sulfoxides using green solvents and oxygen, achieving good yields and high functional group tolerance. A flow system enhances scalability and reproducibility.
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A chemoselective electrochemical birch carboxylation of pyridines
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05976J, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Soumik Sarkar, Rohit, Michael W. MeanwellAn electrochemical Birch carboxylation of pyridines, utilizing CO2 as a sustainable C1 building block, has been developed to provide safe and direct entry to popular piperidine scaffolds.
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Mo2C-derived molybdenum oxycarbides afford controllable oxidation of anilines to azobenzenes and azoxybenzenes
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06281G, PaperZhe Wang, Yimei Chen, Zhouyang Long, Yunfei Wang, Mingming Fan, Pingbo Zhang, Yan Leng
In the presence of H2O2, Mo2C is oxidized into Mo oxycarbides (MoCxOy), which serves as more active site for controllable oxidation of aniline to azobenzenes and azoxybenzenes under additive-free conditions.
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Optimizing oxygen functional groups on porous carbon monoliths by green activation promotes seawater hydrogen evolution
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00029G, PaperBei Li, Shiyang Fei, Zhenlu Liu, Changshui Wang, Zhiqiang Sun, Chunmei Zhang, Haoqi Yang, Hongliang Zhao, Qian Zhang, Shuijian He
Oxygen-doped carbon effectively catalyzes hydrogen evolution. Modulating the proportion of various oxygen-containing functional groups can significantly enhance its electrocatalytic activity.
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Synthesis and characterisation of polycarbonates from spent lithium battery electrolytes
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05418K, PaperHaiyue Wang, Lili Deng, Bing Fang, Xiaolong Li, Liying Guo, Rongrong Zheng
Novel synthesis of environmentally-friendly copolycarbonates from spent lithium battery electrolytes via Im ZnCl3 catalysis, yielding flexible materials for green chemistry and recycling.
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Iron-photocatalyzed desulfurizing chlorination with seawater
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06456A, CommunicationBoning Gu, Yinsong Zhao, Chengliang Li, Xuefeng Jiang
A desulfurizing chlorination of aryl thioethers was developed by harvesting chloride from seawater via iron-photocatalysis to afford aryl chlorides. The utilization of natural seawater and gram-scale reaction demonstrated its practicability.
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De novo biosynthesis of 4,6-dihydroxycoumarin in Escherichia coli
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05694A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Qi Gan, Tian Jiang, Chenyi Li, Xinyu Gong, Jianli Zhang, Bhaven K. Desai, Yajun YanBy combining protein engineering and synthetic biology strategies, the novel de novo biosynthesis of 4,6-dihydroxycoumarin from glycerol was realized in Escherichia coli for the first time.
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An artificial biocatalytic cascade for the synthesis of aryl L-threo-β-hydroxy-α-aminobutyric acids via a carbon-chain extension strategy
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06301E, PaperSisi Zhang, Xi Chen, Mengyao Chen, Xiaohe Zhang, Tianming Li, Jianxiong Hao, Jinhui Feng, Qiaqing Wu, Dunming Zhu, Qijia Chen
An artificial biocatalytic cascade was developed to synthesize chiral aryl β-hydroxy-α-aminobutyric acid analogues from achiral benzaldehyde derivatives, glycine, and L-threonine.
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Correction: Efficient separation of oil–phenol mixtures and removal of neutral oil entrainment via an in situ deep eutectic method
Green Chem., 2025, 27,2593-2593
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90031J, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Wanxiang Zhang, Yangchangqing Zhao, Bingru Wang, Zhigang Lei, Shuhang Ren, Yucui Hou, Weize Wu
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90031J, Correction
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Wanxiang Zhang, Yangchangqing Zhao, Bingru Wang, Zhigang Lei, Shuhang Ren, Yucui Hou, Weize WuThe content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry