Archive for November, 2010

Top cited articles in Green Chemistry

Top most cited articles in 2010 published in Green Chemistry:

Arno Behr, Jens Eilting, Ken Irawadi, Julia Leschinski and Falk Lindner
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 13-30, Critical Review

Yukinobu Fukaya, Kensaku Hayashi, Masahisa Wada and Hiroyuki Ohno
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 44-46,  Communication

Green Chem., 2008, 10, 177-182, Paper

Radovan Šebesta, Iveta Kmentová and Štefan Toma
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 484-496,  Critical Review

Hua Zhao, Gary A. Baker, Zhiyan Song, Olarongbe Olubajo, Tanisha Crittle and Darkeysha Peters
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 696-705, Paper

Ayumu Onda, Takafumi Ochi and Kazumichi Yanagisawa
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1033-1037, Paper

Hydrothermal carbon from biomass: a comparison of the local structure from poly- to monosaccharides and pentoses/hexoses
Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Markus Antonietti and Niki Baccile
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1204-1212, Paper

Conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids prepared from renewable materials
Suqin Hu, Zhaofu Zhang, Yinxi Zhou, Buxing Han, Honglei Fan, Wenjing Li, Jinliang Song and Ye Xie
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1280-1283, Communication

Complete dissolution and partial delignification of wood in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate
Ning Sun, Mustafizur Rahman, Ying Qin, Mirela L. Maxim, Héctor Rodríguez and Robin D. Rogers
Green Chem., 2009, 11, 646-655, Paper

Desulfurisation of oils using ionic liquids: selection of cationic and anionic components to enhance extraction efficiency
John D. Holbrey, Ignacio López-Martin, Gadi Rothenberg, Kenneth R. Seddon, Guadalupe Silvero and Xi Zheng
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 87-92, Paper

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Which ionic liquid to use for dissolving cellulose?

German scientists have developed a model to predict the solubility of cellulose in different ionic liquids. 

In the past, ionic liquids have been shown to be promising solvents for cellulose but have you ever wondered which ones to use because the ionic liquid candidates are numerous? Kai Leonhard and co-workers, at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, used a computing model called COSMO-RS to screen over 2000 ionic liquids with respect to their dissolving power for cellulose. The results are in good agreement with experimental data available in literature. 

Leonhard and his team found that “anions were mainly responsible for the respective dissolving power, suggesting some new ionic liquids as potential candidates for cellulose dissolution”. 

Read more about this article here:

Modelling cellulose solubilities in ionic liquids using COSMO-RS
Jens Kahlen, Kai Masuch and Kai Leonhard, Green Chem., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00200C, Paper

 

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Top ten most accessed articles in September

This month sees the following articles in Green Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels 
David Martin Alonso, Jesse Q. Bond and James A. Dumesic 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1493-1513, DOI: 10.1039/C004654J , Critical Review 

Sulfonated silica/carbon nanocomposites as novel catalysts for hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose 
Stijn Van de Vyver, Li Peng, Jan Geboers, Hans Schepers, Filip de Clippel, Cedric J. Gommes, Bart Goderis, Pierre A. Jacobs and Bert F. Sels 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1560-1563, DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00235F , Communication 

Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 
Michael North, Riccardo Pasquale and Carl Young 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1514-1539, DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00065E , Critical Review 

Fe3O4 nanoparticles: a robust and magnetically recoverable catalyst for three-component coupling of aldehyde, alkyne and amine 
Tieqiang Zeng, Wen-Wen Chen, Ciprian M. Cirtiu, Audrey Moores, Gonghua Song and Chao-Jun Li 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 570-573, DOI: 10.1039/B920000B , Communication 

Switchable adhesives for carpet tiles: a major breakthrough in sustainable flooring 
Peter S. Shuttleworth, James H. Clark, Robert Mantle and Nigel Stansfield 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 798-803, DOI: 10.1039/B922735K , Paper 

Liquid phase oxidation of p-xylene to terephthalic acid at medium-high temperatures: multiple benefits of CO2-expanded liquids 
Xiaobin Zuo, Fenghui Niu, Kirk Snavely, Bala Subramaniam and Daryle H. Busch 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 260-267, DOI: 10.1039/B920262E , Paper 

Pausing a stir: heterogeneous catalysis in “dry water” 
Benjamin O. Carter, Dave J. Adams and Andrew I. Cooper 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 783-785, DOI: 10.1039/B922508K , Communication 

A solvent having switchable hydrophilicity 
Philip G. Jessop, Lam Phan, Andrew Carrier, Shona Robinson, Christoph J. Dürr and Jitendra R. Harjani 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 809-814, DOI: 10.1039/B926885E , Paper 

Production of liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels by oligomerization of biomass-derived C9 alkenes 
David Martin Alonso, Jesse Q. Bond, Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz and James A. Dumesic 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 992-999, DOI: 10.1039/C001899F , Paper 

Catalytic disassembly of an organosolv lignin via hydrogen transfer from supercritical methanol 
Katalin Barta, Theodore D. Matson, Makayla L. Fettig, Susannah L. Scott, Alexei V. Iretskii and Peter C. Ford 
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1640-1647, DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00181C , Paper 

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