Research progress in electrochemical/photochemical utilization of methanol as a C1 source

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02106H, Tutorial Review
Hai-Tao Tang, Yong-Zhou Pan, Ying-Ming Pan
This review highlights the recent advances in various electrochemical and photochemical reactions using methanol as a sustainable C1 source.
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Micro-electro-flow catalyzed (μ-EFC) ultra-fast cross-electrophile coupling of activated C(sp3)–O bonds

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03239F, Communication
Sanjeev Kumar, Ajay K. Singh
Herein, we reported electro-micro-flow induced carbanion generation, and subsequently quench with the various inactive electrophile such as CO2, CS2, an aldehyde, a ketone, and electron-deficient olefins, to obtain the corresponding product.
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Cation–anion confined hydrogen-bonding catalysis strategy for ring-closing C–O/O–H metathesis of alkoxy alcohols under metal-free conditions

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03041E, Paper
Huan Wang, Zhi-Hao Zhao, Yanfei Zhao, Fengtao Zhang, Junfeng Xiang, Buxing Han, Zhimin Liu
Cation–anion confined hydrogen-bonding-catalyzed ring-closing C–O/O–H metathesis of alkoxy alcohols to O-heterocycles is realized over OH-functionalized ionic liquids under metal-free and mild conditions (≥70 °C).
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Alkyl radicals from diacyl peroxides: metal-/base-/additive-free photocatalytic alkylation of N-heteroaromatics

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02545D, Communication
Fukun Cheng, Lulu Fan, Qiyan Lv, Xiaolan Chen, Bing Yu
Alkyl diacyl peroxides were demonstrated to be efficient alkylating reagents for the visible-light-induced 4CzIPN-catalyzed direct C–H alkylation of N-heteroaromatics.
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Aliphatic C–H arylation with heteroarenes without photocatalysts

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03292B, Communication
Rui-Nan Ci, Jia Qiao, Qi-Chao Gan, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu Wu
This work presents a scalable and mild strategy for aliphatic C–H arylation with heteroarenes under metal-free, photocatalyst-free and strong oxidant-free conditions.
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An alternative reaction pathway triggered by oxygen vacancies for boosting selective hydrodeoxygenation reactions

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02217J, Paper
Anqiu Liu, Xixi Liu, Yaping She, Xiaoqiang Hu, Miao Hu, Zehui Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Bing Liu
The Co/CoOx catalyst with rich oxygen vacancies was found to be robust for mild and selective hydrodeoxygenation reactions. The oxygen vacancies promote the activation of substrates, and enable the reactions in direct hydrogenolysis pathway.
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Rationally designed acidic deep eutectic solvent induced catalysis and spontaneous catalyst recycling of Pd-catalyzed ethylene alkoxycarbonylation

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC01502E, Paper
Jianhua Song, Xiaoping Wang, Lin Xu, Chonghao Chen, Dianhua Liu
Rationally designed DES-induced homogeneous catalysis and heterogeneous separation of alkoxycarbonylation enabled remarkably prolonged catalyst lifespan over homogeneous systems.
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Significantly enhanced bioconversion of high titer biomass-derived furfural to furfuryl alcohol by robust endogenous aldehyde reductase in a sustainable way

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC01417G, Paper
Junhua Di, Xiaolong Liao, Qi Li, Yu-Cai He, Cuiluan Ma
This study developed an effective and sustainable process for the production of furfuryl alcohol from biomass in a tandem reaction with a biochar-based heterogeneous chemocatalyst and a robust reductase biocatalyst using an aqueous system.
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CO2 sequestration in ultramafic ores: impacts on the efficiency of nickel beneficiation

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02078A, Communication
Shaihroz Khan, Mohammad Shoaib, Lindsey K. Fiddes, Omar Bashir Wani, Erin R. Bobicki
Serpentine carbonation leads to its conversion to magnesite, which can solve nickel processing challenges.
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Boosting CO production from visible-light CO2 photoreduction via defects-induced electronic-structure tuning and reaction-energy optimization on ultrathin carbon nitride

Green Chem., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02371K, Paper
Jiaying Li, Chengxuan He, Jinlong Wang, Xiaoyi Gu, Zehan Zhang, Huizi Li, Mingyang Li, Lingzhi Wang, Shiqun Wu, Jinlong Zhang
Defective carbon nitride enables the efficient visible-light photoreduction of CO2 by optimizing its band structure, electronic structure, and reducing the reaction energy through defect-induced modifications.
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