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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02014J, PaperMinghui Ding, Siyi Chen, Tianyu Xue, Mingyu Xie, Junying Weng, Dongming Liu, Lechen Diao, Pengfei Zhou
A novel carbon-free 3D porous honeycomb-like MoS2/ReS2-S heterostructure with S vacancies was designed and applied as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries, demonstrating excellent electrochemical performance.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02983J, Tutorial ReviewGuangxun Sun, Peng Xue, Lei Wang, Xin Zhang, Guangzheng Sun, Zhidong Wang, Qian Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yunqi Liu, Yuan Pan
The review “Tracking the hydrogen spillover of heterogeneous catalysts in hydrogenation: from formation and fate to regulation” discusses the challenges in structure optimization and offers strategies to enhance hydrogen spillover efficiency.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03241E, PaperRongkai Cui, Fengyue Yin, Wangquan Gong, Ningjing Yan, Siyao Li, Changshen Ye, Ting Qiu, Jie Chen
Developing an efficient and sustainable method for producing ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), a key electrolyte component in lithium-ion batteries, is essential to meet the growing industrial demand and comply with green chemistry principles.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02537K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Efthymios T. Poursaitidis, Christiana Mantzourani, Ierasia Triandafillidi, Maroula G. Kokotou, Christoforos G. Kokotos
An organocatalytic protocol that utilizes 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde as an activator of H2O2 for the epoxidation of unactivated olefins is described. An unprecedented Payne/Dakin tandem mechanistic scenario is presented, supported by DI-HRMS experiments.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10250-10259
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02056E, PaperPeiya Shen, Enshi Hu, Jitong Shi, Ruipeng Li, Xingyu Zhu, Yuan Gao, Jianjun Zhang, Yuanfeng Wei, Shuai Qian
A green chemistry strategy for oral peptide delivery using biodegradable cellulose and food-grade trans-anethole enables solvent-free self-emulsification, enhancing bioavailability while minimizing environmental impact and energy use.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02883C, PaperBhagya Jayantha, Shuyuan Zhang, Ryan M. Summers, Gamini P. Mendis, Lahiru N. Jayakody
Engineered Pseudomonas putida monoculture efficiently converts caffeine to 7-methylexanthine (7-MX), a clinically proven safe drug for treating myopia.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10145-10152
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02781K, PaperFatin Rashid, Christopher P. Gordon, Jennette A. Sakoff, Jayne Gilbert, Felipe García, Janice R. Aldrich-Wright
A robust mechanochemical strategy enables rapid and scalable synthesis of platinum(II) anticancer complexes. This greener method reduces solvent use, boosts energy efficiency, cuts costs and promotes sustainable metal complex production.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10182-10193
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02422F, PaperXinyu Chen, Jiangnan Chen, Xu Yan, Qiong Wu, Fuqing Wu, Guo-Qiang Chen
A new copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxy-9-octadecenoate produced using recombinant Halomonas bluephagenesis is reported. The properties of this copolymer are characterized, and its potential applications are demonstrated.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10169-10181
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01363A, PaperTianyou Wang, Jinhong Dong, Bo Liang, Jianhua Zhang, Weijie Liu, Hengjie Zhang, Lei Yang, Yiwen Li, Xianchun Chen, Zhipeng Gu
Polyphenolic nanomaterials were developed for ciprofloxacin delivery, enhancing antibacterial efficacy while protecting gut health through green synthesis, minimizing side effects, and promoting intestinal barrier and microbiota recovery.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10117-10131
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01795E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Joseph M. Palasz, Anagha Krishnamoorthy, Raynald A. Giovine, Xueli Chen, Venkataramana Pidatala, Emine A. Turumtay, Tyrell S. A. Lewis, Edward E. K. Baidoo, Chang Dou, Hemant Choudhary, Ning Sun, Blake A. Simmons
Butylamine is an effective in-and-out pretreatment solvent for hybrid poplar. It penetrates the cell walls and breaks ester cross-linkages, facilitating lignin release and improving enzymatic digestion.
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Green Chem., 2025, 27,10106-10116
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06293K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mennatullah M. Mokhtar, Tom Heppler, James Mack
Mechanochemically mediated electrochemistry enables sustainable organic synthesis under slurry/paste conditions, achieving high yields and faster reaction times for aromatic bromide reduction and sulfonamide synthesis with minimal solvent.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03110A, PaperWenkai Huang, Xue Yang, Wanting Qi, Yuxin Ding, Chang-Jun Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Xie
In recent years, the formation of catalytic Electron Donor-Acceptor (EDA) complexes has been achieved through electron donor redox cycling. However, an electron acceptor catalyst capable of effectively activating the generation...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02627J, Critical ReviewJianyu Guan, Aamir Khan, Yi Zhang, Yixing Zhou, Molly Meng-Jung Li, Raffel Dharma Patria, Shao-Yuan Leu
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) presents a promising feedstock for sustainable biofuel and bioproduct production. Despite its abundance, only a fraction of LCB is currently utilized, highlighting its complex compositions and the...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02920A, CommunicationMeiqun Lu, Kailun Chen, Hu Cai
In this paper, we report the electrochemical trifluoromethyl-imination of olefins in which cheap and readily available sodium triflinate serves as a precursor for the trifluoromethyl radical and imine of diaryl...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06538G, PaperCheng-You Yang, Cheng-Yu Wang, Ni Ni Myint, Yi-Chun Chen, Penjit Srinophakun, Ya-Yu Chiang
A continuous flow microreactor system with a helix wire-based biphasic separator achieves high-purity FAME with reduced waste and energy consumption, as confirmed by LCA, marking a significant advancement in sustainable biofuel processing.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01942G, PaperSanjay M. Madurkar, Kuldeep Singh Bhati, Girdhar Pal Singh, Renu Rathore, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Siddharth Sharma
Alternatives to toxic organic solvents, transition metal, additives and bases are always desirable to reduce its environmental footprint, are now being re-evaluated by developing more sustainable electrolyte free electro-organic synthesis....
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03120F, CommunicationYang'en You, Chenlei Ji, Yuhe Cheng, Zhiwei Jiang
A highly selective 1,4-dialkoxylation of dienes through direct electrolysis under mild reaction conditions has been developed. With widely available alcohol as alkoxyl sources, a variety of Z/E-mixture 1,3-dienes undergo dialkoxylation...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01931A, PaperYanjuan Yang, Yuhuan Li, Liang Deng, Shangzhi Xie, Chuang Gao, Zixu Yang, Jing Xu
This work highlights the critical role of LaPO4 crystalline phases in controlling the acidic sites during the conversion of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural through various characterization techniques and DFT calculations.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02476E, PaperXirun Zhao, Gaojin Lyu, Chang Geun Yoo, Zhen Wang, Jiachuan Chen
A magnetically recyclable POM/DES system was developed to effectively fractionate wheat straw, promote enzymatic saccharification of the carbohydrate fraction, and valorize the lignin fraction.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02210J, PaperShenghao Wang, Linbo Cao, Jiasheng Zhang, Yueyuan Luo, Zhenning Guo, Mingmin Li
Design strategy of high-performance immobilized enzymes for liquid–liquid reactions.
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