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We are delighted to announce that the Green Chemistry themed collection Biobased furanic derivatives for sustainable development is now online and free to access until the end of March 2022.

This themed collection aims to gather the most advanced research in the area of furanic building blocks. These furanic platform molecules can be further derivatized and employed in various applications (thermoplastics; resins; biofuels; fine chemistry; green solvents, etc.). Their end-life (recycling, biodegradation), within a circular rational, is also a sparking field of research activity. Therefore, the biomass origin of these furanic molecules and the Green Chemistry principles that are employed to prepare, modify and dispose these molecules fit with the expectation of the journal.

Guest Edited by Drs Andreia F. Sousa, François Jérôme and Nathanaël Guigo, this collection reviews the very recent achievements of furanic derivatives in various areas of green and sustainable chemistry.

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It includes:

Editorial
Biobased furanic derivatives for sustainable development
Nathanael Guigo, François Jérome and Andreia F. Sousa
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 9721-9722. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC90124A

Perspective
Furan platform chemicals beyond fuels and plastics
Roman Bielski and Grzegorz Grynkiewicz
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 7458-7487. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC02402G

Tutorial Review
Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts
Andreia F. Sousa, Rafael Patrício, Zoi Terzopoulou, Dimitrios N. Bikiaris, Tobias Stern, Julia Wenger, Katja Loos, Nadia Lotti, Valentina Siracusa, Anna Szymczyk, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis, Alexandra Zamboulis, Marija S. Nikolic, Pavle Spasojevic, Shanmugam Thiyagarajan, Daan S. van Es and Nathanael Guigo
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 8795-8820. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC02082J

Communication
Multicatalysis from renewable resources: a direct route to furan-based polyesters
Lucie Guillaume, Adam Marshall, Nicolas Niessen, Pingping Ni, Régis M. Gauvin and Christophe M. Thomas
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 6931-6935. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC01889B

Paper
Furfurylation protects timber from degradation by marine wood boring crustaceans
Lucy S. Martin, Stanislav Jelavić, Simon M. Cragg and Lisbeth G. Thygesen
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 8003-8015. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC01524A

Paper
A rigid plant oil-based thermoset with a furfural-derived cyclobutane cross-linker
Jonathan Tellers, Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli and Nathanael Guigo
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 8053-8060. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC04323K

Paper
Furoic acid and derivatives as atypical dienes in Diels–Alder reactions
Răzvan C. Cioc, Tom J. Smak, Marc Crockatt, Jan C. van der Waal and Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 5503-5510. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC01535D

Paper
Heterogeneous photocatalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural upon visible-light illumination
Wanying Liang, Rui Zhu, Xinglong Li, Jin Deng and Yao Fu
Green Chem., 2021, 23, 6604-6613. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC01286J

We are delighted to announce that the Green Chemistry themed issue CO₂ Utilisation is now online and free to access until the end of August 2021.

The massive consumption of fossil fuels, among other human activities, has released substantial amounts of CO₂ into the atmosphere, provoking both global warming and dramatic climate changes. As such, carbon dioxide capture, removal and utilisation continues to attract significant attention. As an ideal carbon source, efficient transformation of CO₂ enables the sustainable synthesis of high value-added chemicals and fuels.

Guest Edited by Professor Da-Gang Yu and Professor Liangnian He, this collection reviews the very recent achievements of CO₂ utilisation in various areas of green and sustainable chemistry.

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It includes:

Editorial
Introduction to CO₂ utilisation
Da-Gang Yu amd Liang-Nian He
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d1gc90036f

Perspective
CO₂ hydrogenation over heterogenous catalysts at atmospheric pressure: from electronic properties to product selectivity
Yaning Wang, Lea R. Winter, Jingguang G. Chen and Binhang Yan
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03506H

Tutorial Review
Recent progress in the catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide into biosourced organic carbonates
Vatcharapron Aomchad, Àlex Cristòfol, Francesco Della Monica, Bart Limburg, Valerio D’Elia and Arjan W. Kleij
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03824E

Critical Review
Oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes with carbon dioxide
Guomin Li, Ce Liu, Xinjiang Cui, Yanhui Yan and Feng Shi
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03705B

Critical Review
Recent developments in organocatalysed transformations of epoxides and carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates 
Liping Guo, Katie J. Lamb and Michael North
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03465G

Communication
One-step plasma-enabled catalytic carbon dioxide hydrogenation to higher hydrocarbons: significance of catalyst-bed configuration
Jiajie Wang,  Mohammad S. AlQahtani, Xiaoxing Wang, Sean D. Knecht, Sven G. Bilén, Chunshan Song and Wei Chu
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03779F

Communication
Transition-metal-free synthesis of thiazolidine-2-ones and 1,3-thiazinan-2-ones from arylamines, elemental sulfur and CO₂
Chuan-Kun Ran, Lei Song, Ya-Nan Niu, Ming-Kai Wei, Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Yu Zhou and Da-Gang Yu
Green Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03723F

Paper
A rhenium catalyst with bifunctional pyrene groups boosts natural light-driven CO₂ reduction
Li-Qi Qiu, Kai-Hong Chen, Zhi-Wen Yang and Liang-Nian He
Green Chemistry, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03111A

Paper
Electrodeposited Cu-Pd bimetallic catalysts for the selective electroreduction of CO₂ to ethylene
Ruting Feng, Qinggong Zhu, Mengen Chu, Shuaiqiang Jia, Jianxin Zhai, Haihong Wu, Peng Wu and Buxing Han
Green Chemistry, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03051A

We hope you enjoy reading the articles. Please get in touch if you have any questions about this themed collection or Green Chemistry.