Many years ago, twelve principles were defined for carrying out chemical reactions and processes from a green chemistry perspective. It is everyone’s endeavor to take these points into account as far as possible when developing new processes or...
The principles of green chemistry—waste reduction, atom economy, safer synthesis, energy efficiency, and the use of renewable feedstocks—are intrinsically linked to catalysis [...]
N-heterocycles, both saturated and unsaturated, are ubiquitous biologically active molecules that are extremely appealing scaffolds in drug discovery programs. Although classical synthetic methods have been developed to access many relevant N-heteroc...
The direct use in catalysis of precious metal recovery products from industrial and consumer waste is a very promising recent area of investigation. It represents a more sustainable, environmentally benign, and profitable way of managing the low abun...
Sustainable catalysis now stands at the intersection of green chemistry and the global energy transition [...]
The design and preparation of polymers by using biobased chemicals is regarded as an important strategy towards a sustainable polymer chemistry. Herein, two aromatic diols, 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methoxyphenol and 2-(4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methoxyphenoxy)e...
Imidazole derivatives represent a privileged class of nitrogen-containing heterocycles that continue to attract considerable attention owing to their structural versatility, synthetic accessibility, and wide range of applications in medicinal chemist...
The dialkyl peroxides, which contain a thermally unstable oxygen–oxygen bond, are an important source of radical initiators and cross-linking agents. New efficient and green methods for their synthesis are still being sought. Herein, ultrasound...
Green (sustainable) chemistry provides a framework for chemists, pharmacists, medicinal chemists and chemical engineers to design processes, protocols and synthetic methodologies to make their contribution to the broad spectrum of global sustainabili...
This article reports on silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) that were green-synthesized by using Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) leaf extract and their use for the catalytic degradation of reactive dyes. The properties of biogenic AgNPs were characterized usin...
Bimetallic (or multimetallic) catalysis has emerged as a powerful tool in modern chemical synthesis, offering improved reaction control and versatility. This review focuses on the recent developments in bimetallic sequential catalysis for the synthes...
Photo(electro)-catalysis has increasingly attracted attention from researchers due to its wide applications in green chemical transformation, including organic synthesis and environmental remediation. As a promising candidate, the n-type semiconducto...
Environmental pollution caused by conventional petro-diesel initiates at time of crude oil extraction and continues until its consumption. The resulting emission of poisonous gases during the combustion of petroleum-based fuel has worsened the greenh...
Anderson-type ([XM6O24]n−) polyoxometalates (POMs) are a class of polymetallic-oxygen cluster inorganic compounds with special structures and properties. They have been paid extensive attention by researchers now, due to their chemical modifica...
This review updates the field of enantioselective copper-catalysed domino reactions promoted by chiral green copper catalysts, covering the literature since 2017. These complexes are derived from a diversity of chiral ligands, including mostly bisoxa...
Considering the expanded interest in reducing organic solvents in synthesis, surfactants and surfactant-based catalysis have been used to carry out various organic transformations in water. In recent years, the integration of Lewis and Brønste...
At present, the world is facing urgent challenges of energy shortages and environmental pollution, which drives the need for green and sustainable solutions [...]
Over the past few decades, the advancement of human society and industrialization has led to severe environmental issues, such as air and water pollution, greenhouse effects, and climate change [...]
In 2017, the 200th anniversary of the discovery of selenium was celebrated. In 1817, the Swedish chemists, Berzelius and Gahn, on roasting 200 kg of sulfur from a pyrite from the Falun mine, obtained about 3 g of a precipitate that they first wrongly...
Catalysis by transition-metal nanoparticles has undergone an explosive growth during the past decade. This special issue presents the general trends in the current research in this field, the present situation concerning scope and limitations, as wel...
Laccase belongs to the superfamily of multicopper oxidases and has been widely investigated in recent decades. Due to its mild and efficient oxidation of substrates, laccase has been successfully applied in organic catalytic synthesis, the degradatio...
Catalysis sits at the heart of sustainable development, and plays an instrumental role in addressing modern environmental challenges [...]
The solid–liquid phase C-alkylation of active methylene containing compounds with C=O or P=O functions under phase transfer catalysis or microwave conditions has been summarized in this minireview. The mono- and dialkylation of the methylene containi...
The necessity of more sustainable conditions that follow the twelve principles of Green Chemistry have pushed researchers to the development of novel reagents, catalysts and solvents for greener asymmetric methodologies. Solvents are in general a fun...
We present an efficient and green methodology for the synthesis of glycerol monoethers, starting from glycidol and different alcohols, by means of heterogeneous acid catalysis. A scope of Brønsted and Lewis acid catalysts were applied to the b...
Enzyme catalyzed reactions are green alternative approaches to functionalize polymers compared to conventional methods. This technique is especially advantageous due to the high selectivity, high efficiency, milder reaction conditions, and recyclabil...
Aryl and heteroaryl iodides have been efficiently converted into the corresponding thioacetates in cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME), a green solvent, under Cu catalysis. The chemoselectivity of the reaction is mainly controlled by electronic factors,...
This research focuses on the plant-mediated green synthesis process to produce gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) using upland cress (Barbarea verna), as various biomolecules within the upland cress act as both reducing and capping agents. The synthesized g...
For decades the steric effect was still ambiguously understood in catalytic benzylation reactions of arenes with benzyl alcohol, which limited the green synthesis of phenylmethane derivates in industrial scale. This research applies a series of silic...
The isomerization of geraniol using natural, acid-modified minerals such as vermiculite presents a promising approach aligned with the principles of green chemistry. Vermiculite, a naturally abundant layered silicate mineral, was subjected to the aci...
The use of bifunctional catalysts in organic synthesis finds inspiration in the selectivity of enzymatic catalysis which arises from the specific interactions between basic and acidic amino acid residues and the substrate itself in order to stabilize...
Phase transfer catalysis (PTC) is an excellent possibility in the synthesis of organic compounds as it allows the reactions to be carried out under the conditions of green chemistry, while maintaining high yields and selectivity. The great advantage...
Green hydrogen (H2) offers a sustainable alternative to non-renewable energy sources. This study focuses on enhancing H2 generation from sodium borohydride (NaBH4) using a platinum nanoparticle (Pt-NP) catalyst supported on a niobium-based coordinati...
The use of eco-compatible synthetic procedures in organic reactions and, in particular, in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, has recently received a great deal of attention and considerable progress has been achieved in this area in the last years...
The stoichiometric use of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a selenium-containing catalyst in water is here reported as a new ecofriendly protocol for the synthesis of variously functionalized carboxylic acids and esters. The method affords the de...
The immobilization of homogeneous catalysts has always been a hot issue in the field of catalysis. In this paper, in an attempt to immobilize the homogeneous [Ni(Me6Tren)X]X (X = I, Br, Cl)-type catalyst with porous organic polymer (POP), the heterog...
The demand for ecofriendly green catalysts for biofuel synthesis is greatly increasing with the effects of fossil fuel depletion. Fungal lipases are abundantly used as biocatalysts for the synthesis of biofuel. The use of Botrytis cinerea lipase is a...
Sustainable catalysis is crucial in tackling some of the most pressing global challenges we face today, especially the serious threats of climate change, environmental degradation, and the depletion of our natural resources [...]
Nonessential heavy metals are toxic to human health. In this study, mercury, a hazardous metal, was detected by colorimetric analysis using Artemisia vulgaris-mediated silver nanoparticles (AgNP) without any modification in an aqueous solution. The U...
In petroleum refining, catalysts are used to efficiently convert crude oil into valuable products such as fuels and petrochemicals. These catalysts are employed in a range of processes, including catalytic cracking, hydrotreating, and reforming to me...
Organoselenium compounds have been successfully applied in biological, medicinal and material sciences, as well as a powerful tool for modern organic synthesis, attracting the attention of the scientific community. This great success is mainly due to...
The escalating global issue of food waste, valued at billions of USD annually and significantly impacting sustainability across social, economic, and environmental dimensions, necessitates innovative solutions to enhance waste management processes. C...
By turning a waste stream into a clean energy source, green hydrogen generation from wastewater provides a dual solution to energy and environmental problems. This study presents a thorough bibliometric analysis of research trends in the field of gre...
Global energy de-fossilization requires scalable solutions for extended energy storage and industrial emission reduction. Synthesizing green methane via Power-to-Gas technology offers a viable pathway to store renewable electricity while utilizing ca...
In this review, we want to explain how the burning of fossil fuels is pushing us towards green energy. Actually, for a long time, we have believed that everything is profitable, that resources are unlimited and there are no consequences. However, the...
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Against the backdrop of a technological revolution centered on green and low-carbon development, the deep integration of digitalization and greening has become a core engine for high-quality progress. Moving beyond linear perspectives of environmenta...
Greatly efficient chemical processes are customarily based upon a catalyst activating the process pathway to achieve higher yields of a product with desired specifications. Catalysts capable of achieving good performance without compromising green cr...
Copper containing silica nanostructures are easily produced through a low cost versatile approach by means of hyperbranched polyethyleneimine (PEI), a water soluble dendritic polymer. This dendritic molecule enables the formation of hybrid organic/in...
The global E factor (EG factor) has recently been introduced, in the context of asymmetric organocatalysis, as a new green chemistry metric to take into consideration the synthesis of the catalyst in the overall economy of the synthetic process of a...
Itaconimides combine an electron-deficient terminal methylene group with a succinimide framework, creating a reactive topology that differs from those of maleimides, citraconimides, and substituted α-alkylidene succinimides. This review critica...
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