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3rd Industrial Green Chemistry World-Convention & Ecosystem (IGCW-2013)

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The 3rd Industrial Green Chemistry World-Convention & Ecosystem (IGCW-2013), Asia’s largest Industrial gathering on green chemistry and engineering will be held on 6th, 7th and 8th December, 2013. It will bring together knowledge seekers and knowledge providers in the field of Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC&E) to advance the existing technologies and also to catalyze commercialization of environmentally benign as well as economical alternatives. It will mostly focus on the fields of Pharmaceuticals, Agro-chemicals, Dyes & Pigments, Specialty and Fine and Performance Chemicals.

1000+ global visitors that include senior decision makers from preeminent companies, 300 participators from leading Indian and International organizations, government bodies, academic institutions and 50 exhibitors will gather on the exhibition floor to seek emerging GC&E technologies, solutions and services.

Here you can network with the top Industry and Academia experts visiting IGCW-2013 as speakers and Presenters. It gives you an opportunity to utilize non-linear promotional benefits through IGCW Social media, website and IGCW Partners, connecting more than 50,000 Chemical Industry stakeholders world-wide. It gathers over 500 senior representatives from Management, R&D, Technologies, Operation & Production.

 

Exhibitor categories include:
– Green Processes & technology solution providers
– Green Solvents
– Green Catalysts
– Green Engineering
– Green chemicals, additives, etc
– Green Measurements & relevant service providers

IGCW-2013 Expo is one of the many aspects of the IGCW Convention. The 3rd IGCW-EXPO will bring together around 50 solutions and technology providers from all over the globe to partner with you in resolving your- immediate, short-term, mid-term or long term industrial green chemistry and engineering based requirements.

IGCW-2013 Date & Venue
6th, 7th & 8th December 2013
Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel
Lakeside Chalet, Near Chinmayanand Ashram, Powai, Mumbai

For further information contact Ms. Krishna Padia at krishna.dave@newreka.co.in

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Sustainable Chemicals from Microalgae: Encompassing Biocrude through to Fine Chemicals

The Sustainable Chemicals from Microalgae one day conference will take place on the 19th November 2013 at the Chemistry Centre, Piccadilly, London. The conference will bring together researchers from academia and industry at all levels interested in developing microalgae in industrial biotechnology. This highly interdisciplinary symposium is co-sponsored by the BBSRC  (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), a major funder of biotechnology-related research within the UK.

The programme of this meeting will feature both oral, flash poster and conventional poster presentations. Please follow the links to register to attend – registration fee £35: http://rsc.li/microalgae-2013

The list of speakers includes:

Professor Wim Brilman, Sustainable Process Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Professor Mike Burkart, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA
Professor Chris Dupont, Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, USA
Dr Juan Nogales Enrique, Centre de Investigaciones Biologicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Professor Rene H Wijffels, Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Mr Steve Skill, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Professor Alison Smith, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Rod Scott, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
Professor John Love, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
Dr Michelle Stanley, The Scottish Association of Marine Science, UK
Dr Saul Purton, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, UK

For more details about this exciting conference and to register, please visit the website!

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Green Chemistry issue 10 is now available online

Issue 10 of Green Chemistry is now available to read online.

The front cover this month (pictured left) features work by Nicholas Gathergood and Stephen Connon and co-workers from the Czech Republic, Spain and Ireland. In their series of three back-to-back papers, they report how consideration of green chemistry metrics in tandem with performance studies can lead to prioritising safer ionic liquid solvents and imidazolium derived catalysts. Metrics determined include – antimicrobial toxicity, biodegradation, atom economy and length of catalyst synthesis. Performance of the imidazolium derived catalysts was greatly enhanced by incorporation of either esters or amides into the heterocyclic core, leading to low catalyst loadings. A Traffic Signal Light classification system was used to conveniently compare ionic liquid solvents and imidazolium derived catalysts metrics.

Read the three articles in full online:
Tandem ionic liquid antimicrobial toxicity and asymmetric catalysis study: carbonyl-ene reactions with trifluoropyruvate
Rohitkumar G. Gore, Thi-Kim-Thu Truong, Milan Pour, Lauren Myles, Stephen J. Connon and Nicholas Gathergood  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2727-2739, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40875B

A new generation of aprotic yet Brønsted acidic imidazolium salts: low toxicity, high recyclability and greatly improved activity
Lauren Myles, Rohitkumar G. Gore, Nicholas Gathergood and Stephen J. Connon  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2740-2746, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40975A

A new generation of aprotic yet Brønsted acidic imidazolium salts: effect of ester/amide groups in the C-2, C-4 and C-5 on antimicrobial toxicity and biodegradation
Rohitkumar G. Gore, Lauren Myles, Marcel Spulak, Ian Beadham, Teresa M. Garcia, Stephen J. Connon and Nicholas Gathergood  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2747-2760, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40992A

Work by the team has also been featured in a recent Feature Article in Chemistry World. Click here to read the Feature Article in full.


 

The inside front cover this month (pictured right) features work by Jorge Beltramini and co-workers from Brisbane, Australia. In their work they utilize high resolution NMR to explain the depolymerisation mechanism of cellulose during acid treatment and milling.

Read the full article:
Mechanical depolymerisation of acidulated cellulose: understanding the solubility of high molecular weight oligomers
Abhijit Shrotri, Lynette Kay Lambert, Akshat Tanksale and Jorge Beltramini  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2761-2768, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40945G

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

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HOT papers in Green Chemistry

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

THF co-solvent enhances hydrocarbon fuel precursor yields from lignocellulosic biomass
Charles Miao-Zi Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar and Charles Wyman  
Green Chem., 2013, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41214H   

C3GC41214H ga  


One-pot selective conversion of furfural into 1,5-pentanediol over a Pd-added Ir–ReOx/SiO2 bifunctional catalyst
Sibao Liu, Yasushi Amada, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa and Keiichi Tomishige  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41335G   

C3GC41335G ga   


Productive sugar isomerization with highly active Sn in dealuminated β zeolites
Jan Dijkmans, Dries Gabriëls, Michiel Dusselier, Filip de Clippel, Pieter Vanelderen, Kristof Houthoofd, Annelies Malfliet, Yiannis Pontikes and Bert F. Sels  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41239C   


C3GC41239C ga 
  


One-pot transformation of alkynes into alcohols and amines with formic acid
Jia Li, Chao Wang, Dong Xue, Yawen Wei and Jianliang Xiao  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41133H

   C3GC41133H ga     

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

 

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Industrial Green Chemistry World

 


Industrial Green Chemistry World (IGCW) 
IGCW is an industrial initiative for bringing together the chemical industry to collectively expand its awareness on environmentally benign manufacturing practices and technologies. IGCW aims to go beyond the theoretical understanding of ‘green’ chemistry & engineering, and attempt to bring forth technical know-how of green chemistry applications from laboratories to industry. The focus of IGCW is to recognize emerging global trends in the direction of prioritizing sustainability and environmental safety with a commitment towards triple bottom-line benefits of Profit, Society and Sustainable planet.

This December, the GCF along with the other committed partners and supporters will be hosting the 3rd IGCW-2013 Convention & Ecosystem, with additional dimensions to incorporate the increasing need of awareness on specific technologies and its applications from the sustainability viewpoint.

The key Industrial sectors impacted though the IGCW-2013 Convention are:

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Agro-chemicals
  • Dyes & pigments
  • Fine & specialty chemicals

IGCW-2013, as a platform will facilitate various opportunities for both the green chemistry based solution seekers (i.e the Industry audience) as well as the green chemistry based solution providers (i.e: the Technology leader companies, Start-up and Technocrats, Academia, Research Institutes and Govt. bodies), by providing a tangible platform to get them connected for collaborative partnerships.

Day 1 of IGCW-2013 Convention is for Chairman, Board of Directors, Founders, Presidents, CEOs and other Senior decision makers. 

Day 2 is for the R&D and Technology Personnel such as Presidents & VPs, CTOs, CSOs, R&D Managers, Inventors, Innovators, Consultants, Technocrats 

Day 3 is for the Operations and Production Personnel- Directors, Presidents, VPs. Plant Managers, EHS Managers

IGCW-2013 will provide networking opportunities to interact with global experts, industrial experts, thought leaders, key decision makers, senior officials from government & regulatory bodies and renowned scientists.

Click here to register and participate! You can engage through our social channels: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn. For enquiries: krishna.dave@newreka.co.in 

  

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HOT papers in Green Chemistry

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

Synthesis of polyurethane particles in supercritical carbon dioxide using organocatalysts or organocatalytic surfactants
Christopher A. Smith, Eric Cloutet, Thierry Tassaing and Henri Cramail  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41217B   

C3GC41217B GA   


Tandem ionic liquid antimicrobial toxicity and asymmetric catalysis study: carbonyl-ene reactions with trifluoropyruvate
Rohitkumar G. Gore, Thi-Kim-Thu Truong, Milan Pour, Lauren Myles, Stephen J. Connon and Nicholas Gathergood  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40875B   

C3GC40875B GA   


Direct, one-pot synthesis of POCOP-type pincer complexes from metallic nickel
Boris Vabre, Fabien Lindeperg and Davit Zargarian  
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40968F    

C3GC40968F GA   

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

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Green Chemistry issue 7 is now available online

Issue 7 of Green Chemistry is now available to read online.

The front cover this month features work by Johannes A. Lercher and co-workers from Garching, Germany. In their work they look at catalytic routes for the conversion of microalgae oil to green hydrocarbons. Microalgae are high potential raw biomass material for triglyceride feedstock due to their  high oil content and rapid growth rate, and also because algae cultivation does not compete with edible food on arable land.

Read the article in full – it’s free to access for the next 6 weeks:
Catalytic deoxygenation of microalgae oil to green hydrocarbons
Chen Zhao, Thomas Brück and Johannes A. Lercher  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 1720-1739, DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40558C

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Top 10 most accessed articles in February

For Green Chemistry, the top 10 most accessed articles in February were as follows:

Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids
Agnieszka Brandt, John Gräsvik, Jason P. Hallett and Tom Welton  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 550-583
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36364J, Critical Review

Iron-catalyzed direct alkenylation of sp3(C–H) bonds via decarboxylation of cinnamic acids under ligand-free conditions
Hailong Yang, Hong Yan, Peng Sun, Yan Zhu, Linhua Lu, Defu Liu, Guangwei Rong and Jincheng Mao  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 976-981
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC37131J, Paper

Glycerol carbonate as a versatile building block for tomorrow: synthesis, reactivity, properties and applications
Matthieu O. Sonnati, Sonia Amigoni, Elisabeth P. Taffin de Givenchy, Thierry Darmanin, Olivier Choulet and Frédéric Guittard  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 283-306
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36525A, Critical Review

Food waste biomass: a resource for high-value chemicals
Lucie A. Pfaltzgraff, Mario De bruyn, Emma C. Cooper, Vitaly Budarin and James H. Clark  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 307-314
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36978H, Perspective

Ohmic heating as a new efficient process for organic synthesis in water
Joana Pinto, Vera L. M. Silva, Ana M. G. Silva, Artur M. S. Silva, José C. S. Costa, Luís M. N. B. F. Santos, Roger Enes, José A. S. Cavaleiro, António A. M. O. S. Vicente and José A. C. Teixeira  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 970-975
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC36881E, Paper

Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass
David Martin Alonso, Stephanie G. Wettstein and James A. Dumesic  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 584-595
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC37065H, Critical Review

Eco-efficient, regioselective and rapid access to 4,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-thiadiazoles via [3 + 2] cycloaddition of α-enolicdithioesters with tosyl azide under solvent-free conditions
Maya Shankar Singh, Anugula Nagaraju, Girijesh Kumar Verma, Gaurav Shukla, Rajiv Kumar Verma, Abhijeet Srivastava and Keshav Raghuvanshi  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 954-962
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC37047J, Paper

Catalytic etherification of glycerol with short chain alkyl alcohols in the presence of Lewis acids
Fei Liu, Karine De Oliveira Vigier, Marc Pera-Titus, Yannick Pouilloux, Jean-Marc Clacens, Floryan Decampo and François Jérôme  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 901-909
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC36944G, Paper

Selective oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes over supported metal nanoparticles
Sara E. Davis, Matthew S. Ide and Robert J. Davis  
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 17-45
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36441G, Critical Review

Multicomponent reactions in unconventional solvents: state of the art
Yanlong Gu  
Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2091-2128
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35635J, Critical Review
Take a look at the articles, and then let us know your thoughts and comments below.

Fancy submitting your own work to Green Chemistry? You can submit online today, or email us with your ideas and suggestions.

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Top 10 most accessed articles in January

For Green Chemistry, the top 10 most accessed articles in January were as follows:

Selective oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes over supported metal nanoparticles
Sara E. Davis, Matthew S. Ide and Robert J. Davis
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 17-45
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36441G, Critical Review

Food waste biomass: a resource for high-value chemicals
Lucie A. Pfaltzgraff, Mario De bruyn, Emma C. Cooper, Vitaly Budarin and James H. Clark
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 307-314
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36978H, Perspective

A simple metal-free catalytic sulfoxidation under visible light and air
Xiangyong Gu, Xiang Li, Yahong Chai, Qi Yang, Pixu Li and Yingming Yao
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 357-361
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36683E, Communication

Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids
Agnieszka Brandt, John Gräsvik, Jason P. Hallett and Tom Welton
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 550-583
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36364J, Critical Review

Evaluation of alternative solvents in common amide coupling reactions: replacement of dichloromethane and N,N-dimethylformamide
Donna S. MacMillan, Jane Murray, Helen F. Sneddon, Craig Jamieson and Allan J. B. Watson
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 596-600
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36900A, Communication

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

Designing endocrine disruption out of the next generation of chemicals
T. T. Schug, R. Abagyan, B. Blumberg, T. J. Collins, D. Crews, P. L. DeFur, S. M. Dickerson, T. M. Edwards, A. C. Gore, L. J. Guillette, T. Hayes, J. J. Heindel, A. Moores, H. B. Patisaul, T. L. Tal, K. A. Thayer, L. N. Vandenberg, J. C. Warner, C. S. Watson, F. S. vom Saal, R. T. Zoeller, K. P. O’Brien and J. P. Myers
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 181-198
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35055F, Paper

Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass
David Martin Alonso, Stephanie G. Wettstein and James A. Dumesic
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 584-595
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC37065H, Critical Review

Metal-catalyzed amide bond forming reactions in an environmentally friendly aqueous medium: nitrile hydrations and beyond
Rocío García-Álvarez, Pascale Crochet and Victorio Cadierno
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 46-66
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36534K, Tutorial Review

Cyclometalated iridium complexes for transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl groups in water
Yawen Wei, Dong Xue, Qian Lei, Chao Wang and Jianliang Xiao
Green Chem., 2013, 15, 629-634
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36619C, Communication

Take a look at the articles, then let us know your thoughts and comments below.

Interested in submitting your own work to Green Chemistry? You can submit online today, or email us with your ideas and suggestions.

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Top 10 most accessed articles in 2012

Do you want to know what your colleagues were reading during 2012? The following articles in Green Chemistry were the most accessed over the course of the year:

Multicomponent reactions in unconventional solvents: state of the art
Yanlong Gu
Green Chem., 2012,14, 2091-2128
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35635J, Critical Review

Characterization and comparison of hydrophilic and hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquids incorporating the imidazolium cation
Jonathan G. Huddleston, Ann E. Visser, W. Matthew Reichert, Heather D. Willauer, Grant A. Broker and Robin D. Rogers
Green Chem., 2001,3, 156-164
DOI: 10.1039/B103275P, Paper

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

Transition metal based catalysts in the aerobic oxidation of alcohols
Camilla Parmeggiani and Francesca Cardona
Green Chem., 2012,14, 547-564
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16344F, Tutorial Review

Evolution of asymmetric organocatalysis: multi- and retrocatalysis
Raffael C. Wende and Peter R. Schreiner
Green Chem., 2012,14, 1821-1849
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35160A, Critical Review

Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants
Siavash Iravani
Green Chem., 2011,13, 2638-2650
DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15386B, Critical Review

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited
Joseph J. Bozell and Gene R. Petersen
Green Chem., 2010,12, 539-554
DOI: 10.1039/B922014C, Critical Review

Continuous flow reactors: a perspective
Charlotte Wiles and Paul Watts
Green Chem., 2012,14, 38-54
DOI: 10.1039/C1GC16022B, Tutorial Review

Catalytic conversion of biomass using solvents derived from lignin
Pooya Azadi, Ronald Carrasquillo-Flores, Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres, Elif I. Gürbüz, Ramin Farnood and James A. Dumesic
Green Chem., 2012,14, 1573-1576
DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35203F, Communication

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as a building block platform: Biological properties, synthesis and synthetic applications
Andreia A. Rosatella, Svilen P. Simeonov, Raquel F. M. Frade and Carlos A. M. Afonso
Green Chem., 2011,13, 754-793
DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00401D, Critical Review

Take a look at the articles and then post your thoughts and comments below.

Interested in submitting your own work to Green Chemistry? Submit online today, or email us with your suggestions.

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