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Green Chemistry issue 2 is now available online

30 Jan 2014

Issue 2 of Green Chemistry is a themed issue on the conversion of biomass with heterogeneous catalysts, Guest Edited by Professors Paul Dauenhauer and George Huber. It’s available to read online now.

GC issue 2 cover The front cover this month (pictured left) features a review by Jesse Hensley and co-workers from Golden, Colorado. In their article they focus on recent model compound studies of catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation of biomass pyrolysis products, with an emphasis on mechanisms, reaction networks, and structure–function relationships.

Read the full article:
Recent advances in heterogeneous catalysts for bio-oil upgrading via “ex situ catalytic fast pyrolysis”: catalyst development through the study of model compounds
Daniel A. Ruddy, Joshua A. Schaidle, Jack R. Ferrell III, Jun Wang, Luc Moens and Jesse E. Hensley
Green Chem., 2014, 16, 454-490, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41354C

GC issue 2 inside cover The inside front cover this month (pictured right) features work by Andreas Heyden and co-workers from Columbia, South Carolina. In their work they report a theoretical study of the effects of various solvents on the mechanism of the hydrodeoxygenation of propanoic acid over Pd(111).

Read the full article:
Solvent effects on the hydrodeoxygenation of propanoic acid over Pd(111) model surfaces
Sina Behtash, Jianmin Lu, Muhammad Faheem and Andreas Heyden
Green Chem., 2014, 16, 605-616, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41368C

Both of these articles are free to access for 6 weeks!

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Magdalena Titirici speaks to Chemistry World about her research on biowaste conversion

24 Jan 2014

Magdalena Titirici speaks to Green Chemistry Deputy Editor Anna Simpson in a recent Chemistry World interview.

Magdalena joined the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, as a reader in materials science at the beginning of 2013. Before that, she spent over six years leading the sustainable materials for renewable energy group at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany. Research in the Titirici group involves trying to create porous carbon materials from renewable resources such as lignin, cellulose and chitin, as well municipal and agricultural wastes.

Click here to read the interview with her in Chemistry World, where she discusses her not only her research, but also her love of photography, street art and the electronic music scene!

Some of Magdalena’s most recent Green Chemistry papers are listed below. We’ve made these papers free to access for the next 2 weeks, so click on the links below to find out more about Magdalena’s research…

Original design of nitrogen-doped carbon aerogels from sustainable precursors: application as metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts, Nicolas Brun, Stephanie A. Wohlgemuth, Petre Osiceanu and Magdalena M. Titirici, Green Chem., 2013,15, 2514-2524, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40904J

A one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of sulfur and nitrogen doped carbon aerogels with enhanced electrocatalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction, Stephanie-Angelika Wohlgemuth, Robin Jeremy White, Marc-Georg Willinger, Maria-Magdalena Titirici and Markus Antonietti, Green Chem., 2012,14, 1515-1523, DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35309A

A one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of tunable dual heteroatom-doped carbon microspheres, Stephanie-Angelika Wohlgemuth, Filipe Vilela, Maria-Magdalena Titirici and Markus Antonietti, Green Chem., 2012,14, 741-749, DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16415A

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HOT papers in Green Chemistry

21 Jan 2014

Here are the latest HOT papers published in Green Chemistry as recommended by the referees:

Installation of protected ammonia equivalents onto aromatic & heteroaromatic rings in water enabled by micellar catalysis
Nicholas A. Isley, Sebastian Dobarco and Bruce H. Lipshutz
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42188K

Design and evaluation of switchable-hydrophilicity solvents
Jesse R. Vanderveen, Jeremy Durelle and Philip G. Jessop
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42164C

Cleaving C–H bonds with hyperthermal H2: facile chemistry to cross-link organic molecules under low chemical- and energy-loads
Tomas Trebicky, Patrick Crewdson, Maxim Paliy, Igor Bello, Heng-Yong Nie, Zhi Zheng, Xiaoli Fan, Jun Yang, Elizabeth R. Gillies, Changyu Tang, Hao Liu, K. W. Wong and W. M. Lau
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41460D

Sustainable polyesters for powder coating applications from recycled PET, isosorbide and succinic acid
C. Gioia, M. Vannini, P. Marchese, A. Minesso, R. Cavalieri, M. Colonna and A. Celli
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42122H

All the papers listed above are free to access for the next 4 weeks!

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AMI to hold 3rd international conference on sustainable production of plastics and elastomers

17 Jan 2014

For the future generations the world needs to move towards a renewable supply structure including materials and AMI is bringing together a group of concerned professionals and expert scientists at Green Polymer Chemistry 2014, which takes place from 18th to 20th March 2014 at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany.

Green Polymer Chemistry 2014 provides an ideal forum for today’s market, as the polymer industry looks at alternatives to petrochemical sources to ensure a viable long-term future. The conference will stimulate a debate on feedstock for polymers, green polymers, performance plastics and monomer sourcing.

Green Polymer Chemistry 2014 offers an excellent networking and sourcing opportunity for brand owners, environment and sustainability managers, business development and innovation professionals, chemical engineers, plastics manufacturers, agriculture specialists, biorefinery experts, biochemists, researchers, and suppliers to the industry to debate sustainable, economic solutions for polymer synthesis.

Attending, Exhibiting and Sponsoring
For details on attending, exhibiting or sponsoring this event, please contact Kat Langner.
E: kl@amiplastics.com T: +44 (0) 117 924 9442

Green Polymer Chemistry 2014
18–20th March 2014, Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany
Website: http://amiplastics.com/events/Event.aspx?code=C564&sec=3717
Brochure: http://amiplastics.com/Events/Resources/Programme/Green%20Polymer%20Chemistry%202014%20Brochure.pdf

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HOT papers in Green Chemistry

13 Jan 2014

Here are the latest HOT papers published in Green Chemistry, as recommended by the referees:

One-pot two-step mechanochemical synthesis: ligand and complex preparation without isolating intermediates
Michael Ferguson, Nicola Giri, Xu Huang, David Apperley and Stuart L. James
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42141D

Studies on the oxidative N-demethylation of atropine, thebaine and oxycodone using a FeIII-TAML catalyst
Duy D. Do Pham, Geoffrey F. Kelso, Yuanzhong Yang and Milton T. W. Hearn
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41972J

Lignin extraction from biomass with protic ionic liquids
Ezinne C. Achinivu, Reagan M. Howard, Guoqing Li, Hanna Gracz and Wesley A. Henderson
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42306A

In an attempt to provide green solvent selection guide for olefin metathesis
Tomasz Krzysztof Olszewski, Krzysztof Skowerski, Andrzej Tracz and Jacek Bialecki
Green Chem., 2013, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41943F

All the papers listed above are free to access for the next 4 weeks!

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Professor Buxing Han elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

09 Jan 2014

Professor Buxing Han has been elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professor Buxing Han (pictured) has been elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professor Buxing Han has been awarded the prestigious honour of Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Academician is a lifelong honour and the highest academic title given to Chinese scientists and experts working in scientific and technological fields. Professor Han has received this award for his contribution to the chemical sciences; his research interests include the chemical thermodynamics of green solvent systems and applications of green solvents in chemical reactions and material synthesis. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on this great achievement.

Professor Han has also taken on the role of Associate Editor for Green Chemistry from 2014, handling submissions in the areas of green solvents, CO₂ and biomass conversion. He joins Professor C.-J. Li and our experienced in-house Editorial team in handling submissions to the Journal. We welcome him to this new role.

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HOT papers in Green Chemistry

02 Jan 2014

Here are the latest HOT papers published in Green Chemistry, as recommended by the referees:

The potential of methylsiloxanes as solvents for synthetic chemistry applications
Mohd Azri Ab Rani, Nadine Borduas, Victoria Colquhoun, Robert Hanley, Henry Johnson, Solène Larger, Paul D. Lickiss, Veronica Llopis-Mestre, Selina Luu, Martin Mogstad, Philipp Oczipka, James R. Sherwood, Tom Welton and Jun-Yi Xing
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42036A

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A mechanochemical strategy for oxidative addition: remarkable yields and stereoselectivity in the halogenation of organometallic Re(I) complexes
José G. Hernández, Neil A. J. Macdonald, Cristina Mottillo, Ian S. Butler and Tomislav Friščić
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42104J

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A PDMS membrane with high pervaporation performance for the separation of furfural and its potential in industrial application
Fan Qin, Shufeng Li, Peiyong Qin, M. Nazmul Karim and Tianwei Tan
Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41867G

C3GC41867G ga

All the papers listed above are free to access for the next 4 weeks!

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Archive for January, 2014

Green Chemistry issue 2 is now available online

Magdalena Titirici speaks to Chemistry World about her research on biowaste conversion

HOT papers in Green Chemistry

AMI to hold 3rd international conference on sustainable production of plastics and elastomers

HOT papers in Green Chemistry

Professor Buxing Han elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HOT papers in Green Chemistry

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