Green Chemistry is delighted to announce that our latest Editor’s choice collection, Organic Chemistry in Green Chemistry: Key Highlights, is now online and free to access until the end of July 2026.
This collection highlights outstanding research in organic chemistry that showcases advances in green chemistry. The selected articles demonstrate design‑stage approaches that improve resource and energy efficiency, introduce enabling concepts and technologies, and deliver demonstrable environmental benefit.
Guest Edited and curated by our Associate Editors Arjan W. Kleij (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ-Cerca) and Aiwen Lei (Wuhan University). Collection highlights:
About this collection: The featured articles explore novel reaction pathways, transformative applications, alternative feedstock and cutting-edge technologies. The collection highlights how organic chemistry continues to evolve as a key driver of innovation in creating cleaner and more efficient chemical processes.
Read the collection: https://rsc.li/GCOrganic
Collection highlights:
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Missing-linker defects in a covalent organic framework photocatalyst for highly efficient synthesis of tetrahydroquinoline
Yuling Zhao, Kangna Zhang, Keping Zhu, Yaqin Zhao, Hanping Zhai, and Jikuan Qiu
Green Chem., 2024, 26, 2645-2652 |
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Towards a sustainable tomorrow: advancing green practices in organic chemistry
Sudripet Sharma, Fabrice Gallou, and Sachin Handa.
Green Chem., 2024, 26, 6289-6317 |
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Photoelectrochemical nickel-catalyzed carboacylation/silanoylation of alkenes with unactivated C/Si–H bonds
Lanfen Wang, Xiangyu Huo, Xiaozhi He, Lutz Ackermann, and Dingyi Wang.
Green Chem., 2024, 26, 8315-8322 |
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Photo-induced intramolecular alkyl/aryl group transfer and SO2 insertion: a new strategy for the synthesis of 3-(alkyl/arylsulfonyl)benzothiophenes
Tiantian Xu, Fen‑Dou Wang, Wen‑Chao Yang, Tong Lu, Min Wang, and Pinhua Li.
Green Chem., 2025, 27, 2386-2391 |
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‘Green’ synthesis of amines from renewable resources? A detailed analysis of case studies using the CHEM21 green metrics toolkit
Anastasiia M. Afanasenko, Noemi Deak, Jacquin October, Roberto Sole, and Katalin Barta.
Green Chem., 2025, 27, 5947-5981
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Auto-relay catalysis for the oxidative carboxylation of alkenes into cyclic carbonates by a MOF catalyst
Ha Phan, Pol de la Cruz‑Sánchez, María Jesús Cabrera‑Afonso, and Belén Martín‑Matute
Green Chem., 2025, 27, 2439-2448 |
We hope you enjoy reading the articles in this collection. Please get in touch if you have any questions
