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Green Chem., 2025, 27,14061-14075
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02465J, PaperTheerawat Waiyaka, Rungkiat Nganglumpoon, Chonticha Rajrujithong, Weerachon Tolek, Pui Vun Chai, Masayuki Shirai, Anuchit Wuttitrairat, Paisan Kittisupakorn, Joongjai Panpranot
We developed a prototype continuous MSCA system using a modified-immersion ZnCl2 molten salt process at 350 °C to convert common plastic waste (PP, PLA, and PET) into high-surface-area mesoporous carbon for energy storage applications.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03996G, PaperXuan Zhao, Shun Zhang, Jiaying Xu, Chengfeng Shen, Yifan Liu, Xuehui Liu, Zhishan Su, Shimei Xu, Yu-Zhong Wang
By taking advantage of the combined action of solvents and catalysts, PET can be efficiently hydrolyzed under neutral conditions. The catalyst has a dual activation effect on the protons of water and the ester groups of PET.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03052H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Young Eun Song, Changman Kim, Lydia Rachbauer, Lauren R. Magnusson, Chang Dou, Katherine J. Chou, Steven W. Singer, Eric Sundstrom
Novel reactor design and sequencing fed-batch operation enhance biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass to 24.87 L H2/L, achieving over 95% solubilization of cellulose and hemicellulose.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04738B, PaperKaiyu Ma, Jing Wang, Yue Ju, Lei Chen, Xinyu Song, Weiwen Zhang
With the increasing restrictions on petrochemical-derived polymers and growing demand for sustainable materials, cis, cis-muconate (ccMA) has emerged in recent years as a promising platform chemical for green manufacturing. However,...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04619J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Nassim Maarouf-Mesli, Justin Desjardins-michaud, Zeynab IMANI, Kinshuk Ghosh, Felix Polyak, William D Lubell
The demand for sustainable methods for peptide synthesis grows imperatively with their escalating use in therapeutic and biomedical applications. The cornerstone technology of solidphase peptide synthesis has unsustainable environmental impact...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05391A, PaperShanquan Liang, Zhiyao Peng, Xue Xia, Kaixing Xiao, Zhao Qin, Xuemei Liu, Fanzhen Lin, Mengdie Wang, Saimeng Jin, James H. Clark, Dan Wang
L-lactate is a basic chemical that widely used in the fields of food, chemistry, and material. Most of L-lactate is produced through microbial fermentation using food crops as materials, which...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05322F, PaperDanqing Li, Xin He, Linlin Wang, Mei Ding, Chunhui Gao, Chuankun Jia
The environmental burden of waste asphalt and the performance limitations of sodium-ion battery anodes pose dual challenges in energy and sustainability.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03448E, PaperFu-Ren Yang, Ye Zheng, Rui-Zhe Deng, Lin Xia, Huai-Ming Wang, Yi-Hao Deng, Wei Situ, Yan-Chun Xiao, Hong-Wei Shen, Jin-Yan Lv, Liu-Song Yu, Hui Wang, Yi-Na Lin, Jian-Wen Ye
Hyperproduction of 3-HB (105 g L−1) was achieved using recombinant EcN with glucose and CO2-derived acetate with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04192A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Fathima Fidha, Ashish Kumar, Maria Leko, Oleg Marder, Sergey Burov, Anamika Sharma, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio
2% Methanesulfonic acid (MSA)–formic acid (FA) as a greener substitute for TFA in final global deprotection.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03906A, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Paul Schweng, Anastasiia Naryshkina, Alexander Blocher, Robert T. Woodward
We report a sustainable approach to the synthesis of hypercrosslinked polymers by replacing conventional chlorinated solvents with renewable bio-based oils.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03693C, PaperZhengshan Luo, Xupeng Guo, Zhiwei Deng, Dong Guo, Yan Zhang, Changmei Liu, Zhenbo Yuan, Yijian Rao
Rebaudioside M (Reb M) is an important natural sweetener due to its high sweetness, low calorie content, and pleasant taste, but its low natural abundance and costly, unsustainable extraction limit...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05065K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Muhammad Noman, Guangwei Yu
Undeniably, intensive utilization of emerging antibiotics like Oxytetracycline (OTC) and other complex pharmaceuticals in mariculture poses an ecological threat. Similarly, hazardous wastes like partially reduced iron ore (RI) and coconut...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04093K, PaperChen Liu, Linjie Song, Wanwan Wu, Haiyan Li, Dong-Bin Dang, Yan Bai
The construction of inorganic-organic heterojunctions, inspired by natural photosynthesis, is regarded as an effective strategy for designing highly efficient photoelectrocatalysts used for the CO2 conversion. In this study, we successfully...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03986J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Canan Sener, Emmanuel A. Aboagye, Steven D. Karlen, Jose M. Perez, German E. Umana, Yaoping Zhang, José Serate, Timothy J. Donohue, Daniel R. Noguera, Christos T. Maravelias
Concerted biomass fractionation and lignin depolymerization process integrated with microbial funneling to PDC, ethanol, and electricity results in a 29% reduction in the minimum selling costs for PDC and reduced environmental impact.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04446D, PaperYihang Dai, chenyi Zhang, Xinjia Yu, Chuang Du, Fengxi Li, Lei Wang
Chiral α-substituted aromatic halohydrins are vital intermediates in pharmaceutical development and asymmetric synthesis. Herein, we report a sustainable electroenzymatic cascade for their synthesis directly from alkene. This one-pot strategy integrates...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04622J, PaperSubhajit Saha, Soumya Ranjan Bag, Abdul Akhir, Deepanshi Saxena, Rahul Maitra, Sidharth Chopra, Chandan K. Jana
Indolyl aliphatic N-heterocycles are widely present as the key structural unit of many natural products and unnatural bioactive molecules. The known synthetic methods of indolyl N-heterocycles rely on metallic reagents/catalysts,...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04148A, PaperShaoxiong Yang, Yanren Zhu, Enfan Pu, Piaopiao Jiang, Xiong Li, Hongbin Zhang, Jingbo Chen
Linear paired electrolysis is an ideal yet relatively rare electrochemical approach that offers significant advantages for constructing fused heterocyclic frameworks. Herein, we report an efficient protocol for dearomative [3 +...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04615G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hidde Kolmeijer, Abhinandan Nabera, Antonio J. Martín, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Javier Pérez-Ramírez
This study models a future methanol economy where combining biomass, biogas, and air-captured CO2 achieves net-zero emissions at about 32 USD2025 per person per month, close to Paris Agreement-aligned costs while delivering deeper emission cuts.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04881H, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ren-Guan Miao, Zhi-Peng Bao, Yuanrui Wang, Chang-Sheng Kuai, Xiao-Feng Wu
A novel visible light-induced metal-free carbonylation method for the synthesis of β-trifluoromethylated thioesters has been developed.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04074D, PaperXianda Zhang, Yaotian Yan, Yangshuo Liu, Chun Li, Jian Cao, Junlei Qi
Nafion was recognized as not only a binder component but also a transporter for CO2 on the surface of a metal catalyst.
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