As a model compound for lignin derivatives, anisole and its conversion are crucial for the upgrading of biomass resources. Anisole molecule contains a characteristic aryl ether bond (Caryl-O-CH3); therefore, the selective cleavage of the C-O bond to...
Several countries have set ambitious targets for the transport sector that mandate a gradual increase in advanced biofuel content in the coming years. The current work addresses this transition and indicates two promising gasoline bio-blendstocks: An...
The feasibility of replacing toxic chlorobenzene antisolvents with environmentally friendly anisole in the fabrication of planar triple-cation perovskite solar cells was explored here. The successful integration of anisole not only ensures comparable...
To achieve the efficient resource treatment of aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of high toxicity, this work chose anisole as a representative pollutant and investigated its removal by an MCM–41-supported sulfuric acid (SSA/MCM–4...
Binary Ni–Cu heterogeneous catalysts are known to demonstrate excellent activity in conventional hydrogenation of phenolic compounds, and Cu addition facilitates hydrodeoxygenation (HDO). In this study, we aimed to show the effect of Cu on the...
The UV absorption spectra of six structurally related derivatives of anisole and veratrole, i.e., anisaldehyde, (E)-anethole, estragole, veratraldehyde, methyleugenol and (E)-methylisoeugenol, were recorded at various concentrations of the anionic su...
Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) have attracted attention due to their low cost, easy solution processability, high efficiency, and scalability. However, the benchmark expensive hole transport material (HTM) 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis[N, N-di(4-meth...
Basic oxides such as CaO and MgO were added to a γ-Al2O3 support in NiCu-catalyzed hydrodeoxygenation of anisole. A commercial CaO-MgO-γ-Al2O3 was compared to a benchmark γ-Al2O3 and in-house variants with sequential oxide impregnat...
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is one of the promising catalytic routes for converting biomass derived molecules to high value products. A key step of HDO is the cleavage of an aromatic C–O bond to accomplish the deoxygenation step, however, which is energ...
Curcumin, a nontoxic and cheap natural medicine, has high therapeutic efficacy for many diseases, including diabetes and cancers. Unfortunately, its exceedingly low water-solubility and rapid degradation in the body severely limit its bioavailability...
The study aimed to verify the possible use of DFT calculation in the prediction of the orientation in electrophilic aromatic substitution. An activated ortho/para orienting substrate, and a deactivated meta orienting substrate, were used in DFT calcu...
An improved para-selective C(sp2)-H borylation of anisole derivatives is described. The selective borylation is probably dominated by the change in electron density on the aromatic ring when a Lewis acid is coordinated with an anisole substrate. In a...
Hydrogenation stands out as one of the most promising techniques for converting biomass-derived molecules into valuable products. The expected products of upgrading biomass molecules include hydrocarbon, oxygenate, and methane. Ni-based catalysts hav...
The gas-phase synthesis of anisole from methanol and phenol is currently recognized as the process with the most theoretical research value and industrial application prospect. LaPO4 has attracted widespread attention due to its excellent catalytic a...
Anisole is a straw-colored aromatic compound mainly used in making solvents, flavoring agents, perfumes, fuel additives, and in the synthesis industries. Anisole, also known as methoxybenzene, is synthesized from sodium phenoxide or phenol using vari...
The palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of azoles with (hetero)aryl halides is nowadays one of the most versatile and efficient procedures for the selective synthesis of heterobiaryls. Although this procedure is, due to its characteristics, also of...
Density, viscosity, refractive index, and ultrasonic velocity were measured for the pure materials anisole, methanol, and toluene, and for the binary mixtures: methanol—anisole and methanol—toluene. Excess molar volume VE, isobaric therma...
Three novel two-dimensional metalloporphyrin COFs (MPor−COF−366, M = Fe, Mn, Cu) were fabricated by changing the metal atoms in the center of the porphyrin framework. The physicochemical characteristics of MPor−COF−366 (M = Fe...
Hierarchical Beta zeolites with interconnected intracrystalline mesopores and high structural stability are highly attractive for catalytic applications involving bulky reactants. Here, by introducing a suitable amount of polydiallyldimethylammonium...
Four new conjugated polymers alternating benzothiadiazole units and thiophene moieties functionalized with ionic phosphonium or sulfonic acid salts in the side chains were synthesized by a postfunctionalization approach of polymeric precursors. The i...
This work highlights how the treatment of ZSM-5 (parent Zeolite Socony Mobil–5, Si/Al = 23) with different surfactant templates and alkaline solution, improved the catalytic performance in the Friedel-Crafts acylation of anisole with a propioni...
Understanding the mechanism of the catalytic upgrade of bio-oils via the process of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is desirable to produce targeted oxygen-deficient bio-fuels. We have used calculations based on the density functional theory to investigate...
Arylboronic acids are commonly used in modern organic chemistry to form new C–C and C–heteroatom bonds. These activated organic synthons show reactivity with heteroatoms in a range of substrates under ambient oxidative conditions. This br...
The essential oil of Stachys riederi var. japonica (Family: Lamiaceae) was extracted by hydrodistillation and determined by GC and GC-MS. A total of 40 components were identified, representing 96.01% of the total oil composition. The major compounds...
The synthesis of nanoparticles by combinatorial sputtering in ionic liquids is a versatile approach for discovering new materials. Whereas the influence on nanoparticle formation of different pure ionic liquids has been addressed, the influence of (I...
N-Bromosulphonamides, synthesized via direct bromination of sulphonamides, react with several types of arene substrates in the presence of KSCN to afford aryl thiocyanates. The method appears to be generally applicable to benzenoid substrates with a...
This work aims to investigate more sustainable reaction conditions for the synthesis of metallophthalocyanines. Anisole, glycerol and their mixtures have been investigated as reaction media for the tetramerization of phthalonitriles. Acetates of thre...
To anhydrous AlCl3 (27.35 g, 205 mmol) and anisole (24.11 g, 223 mmol) in dry chloroform (300 mL) 2-bromobenzeneacetyl chloride [1] (43.4 g, 186 mmol) in dry chloroform (100 mL) was added over 30 min at 0 °C and stirred at ambient temperature for 15...
The EtMgBr and Ti(O-iPr)4-catalyzed ethylzincation of 1-alkynylphosphine sulfides with Et2Zn in diethyl ether followed by hydrolysis and deuterolysis affords corresponding β,β-disubstituted 1-alkenylphosphine sulfides with high yield. The E...
This paper presents a practical flow-through method to separate anisole and ethyl phenylacetate, respectively, from a polystyrene mixture. The microfluidic separation uses different diffusive dynamics of the substances transverse to the lamination fl...
The thermal decomposition of imidoyl azides (ArO-C=N-Z)-N3, (Ar = p-NO2-C6H4-, p-Br-C6H4-, p-Cl-C6H4-, p-C6H5-, p-CH3-C6H4-, 2,4-dimethyl-C6H3-, 2,4,6-trimethyl-C6H2-, p-CH3O-C6H4- and Z = p-CH3-C6H4-SO2-, 2,4,6-trimethyl-C6H2-SO2-,CN) in the solid p...
This research work focuses on the fabrication of ultrathin polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) foils using a spin coating process of in anisole dissolved PMMA on a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foil. Currently, layer thicknesses as low as 1 µ...
A top-down desilication of Al-rich ZSM-5 zeolites and a bottom-up mesopores creating method were evaluated in this study. Three liquid–solid and one gas–solid heterogeneously-catalysed reactions were chosen to establish relationships between zeolites...
A Lewis acid-mediated three-component coupling reaction was successfully applied for the synthesis of lasofoxifene (1), nafoxidine (2), and their positional isomers, inv-lasofoxifene (3) and inv-nafoxidine (4). In the presence of HfCl4, the desired o...
A micro-channel distillation device was used for the process intensification method to separate boron isotopes, 10B and 11B. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology was introduced to manufacture the micro-channel device, which used the chemical ex...
Phenolic antioxidants are used in the industry to delay the oxidation of fats, with the most used being butyl hydroxy anisole (BHA) and butyl hydroxy toluene (BHT). However, the consumer concern regarding their safety has motived the study of natural...
Plant-parasitic nematodes infect a diversity of crops, resulting in severe economic losses in agriculture. Microbial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are potential agents to control plant-parasitic nematodes and other pests. In this study, VOCs emit...
This investigation aimed to assess the effects of whey protein hydrolysate (WPH) on the oxidative stability of protein and the ability of Scomberomorus niphoniu surimi balls to retain water after repeated freeze–thaw (F–T) cycles. Ten per...
A new series of dendronized bodipys containing pyrene units was synthesized and characterized. Their optical and photophysical properties were determined by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. This series includes three different compounds. The...
Mixed Ni-Al oxide catalytic precursors with different elemental ratios (20, 50, and 80 wt.% Ni0) were synthesized using green supercritical antisolvent co-precipitation (SAS). The obtained oxide precursors and metal catalysts were characterized in de...
In this study, GC-IMS was used to analyze the volatile component and flavor profiles of Crassostrea gigas individuals of different ploidy and gender. Principal component analysis was used to explore overall differences in flavor profiles, and a total...
Noncovalent interactions are key to the stability of lignin dimers, the primary components of bio-oil. However, their specific influence on the infrared spectra remains poorly understood. Using dispersion-corrected density-functional theory (APFD/6-3...
Emerging new metal-organic structures with tunable physicochemical properties is an exciting research field for diverse applications. In this work, a novel metal-organic framework Cu(HIT)(DMF)0.5, named URJC-1, with a three-dimensional non-interpenet...
In organic optoelectronic devices, the self-assembly behavior of the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) into structured aggregates significantly influences the device’s performance, with processing conditions playing a key role. I...
A novel approach was used to synthesize the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (p-thiophenol) porphyrin (TPTH-P) (2), which involved the demethylation of tetra (p-anisole) porphyrin (1) in the presence of ZnCl2 as a catalyst and DMF as a solvent at 100 °C. The...
This comprehensive review explores recent catalyst advancements for the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of aromatic oxygenates derived from lignin, with a specific focus on the selective production of valuable aromatics under moderate reaction conditions. I...
The chemical response of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) offers substantial potential for applications in propulsion systems, micromechanical systems, and active smart surfaces. However, the shape-changing behaviors of LCEs in response to organic (i...
There are several highly damaging Phytophthora species pathogenic to forest trees, many of which have been spread beyond their native range by the international trade of live plants and infested materials. Such introductions can be reduced through th...
Hybrid compounds are relevant products when searching for structure-activity relationships of natural products. Starting from the naturally occurring triterpene oleanolic acid, alkyl esters were prepared and treated with different aromatic azides usi...
Lichens are considered a great bio-resource because they produce large numbers of secondary metabolites with many biological activities; however, they have not been cultivated under artificial conditions to date. As a result, lichen substances from n...
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