The 22nd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (GC&E), hosted by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, will be held in Portland, Oregon on June 18-20, 2018.
GC&E provides an opportunity for a diverse network of over 500 academic, industrial and government stakeholders to network and learn about the newest ideas in sustainable approaches to chemistry, chemicals and processes and products. This year’s conference is highlighting the theme, “Product innovation using greener chemistries”.
We are delighted to announce that the 2017 Green Chemistry HOT Articles collection is now online and free to access until the end of February 2018.
This collection showcases all 2017 Green Chemistry articles highlighted as HOT by the handling editor. Congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured.
Read it here for free until the end of February 2018
It includes:
Perspective
The E factor 25 years on: the rise of green chemistry and sustainability
Roger A. Sheldon
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 18-43. DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02157C
Critical Review
Lignin transformations for high value applications: towards targeted modifications using green chemistry
S. Gillet, M. Aguedo, L. Petitjean, A. R. C. Morais, A. M. da Costa Lopes, R. M. Łukasik and P. T. Anastas
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 4200-4233. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC01479A
Tutorial Review
Metal–organic frameworks meet scalable and sustainable synthesis
Patrick A. Julien, Cristina Mottillo and Tomislav Friščić
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 2729-2747. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC01078H
Communication
Incorporation of carbon dioxide into phthalides via ligand-free copper-catalyzed direct carboxylation of benzoxasiloles
Thanh V. Q. Nguyen, José A. Rodríguez-Santamaría, Woo-Jin Yoo and Shū Kobayashi
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 2501-2505. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC00917H
Communication
Effective separation of aromatic and aliphatic amino acid mixtures using ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems
Emanuel V. Capela, Maria V. Quental, Pedro Domingues, João A. P. Coutinho and Mara G. Freire
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 1850-1854. DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03060B
Paper
Metal-catalyzed reductive deamination of glutamic acid to bio-based dimethyl glutarate and methylamines
Free De Schouwer, Thomas Cuypers, Laurens Claes and Dirk E. De Vos
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 1866-1876. DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03222B
Paper
Biphasic extraction of mechanocatalytically-depolymerized lignin from water-soluble wood and its catalytic downstream processing
Gaetano Calvaruso, Matthew T. Clough and Roberto Rinaldi
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 2803-2811. DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03191A
We hope you enjoy reading the articles.
Is your research HOT? Our editors are already handpicking the hottest 2018 content for our rolling 2018 . Submit your work for consideration now.
The 8th Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids is taking place at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, between the 21–23 May 2018. ASIL is the main forum for the ionic liquid research community in the Australasian region. It includes speakers from world-leading local and international institutions discussing a diverse range of topics with the aim of encouraging idea exchange and collaboration in ionic liquid research.
The Royal Society of Chemistry journals Green Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) are supporting the conference and will award prizes for the best posters.
Submission deadline is 30 March 2018.
We are delighted to welcome Professor Tao Zhang as our newest Editorial Board member.
Tao Zhang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Professor Tao Zhang received his PhD in 1989 from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). After one year at the University of Birmingham as a post-doctoral fellow, he joined DICP again in 1990 where he was promoted to a full Professor in 1995. He was the Director-General of DICP from 2007 to 2016. His research interests are mainly focused on the catalytic conversion of biomass and single-atom catalysis. He has won many important awards, such as the National Invention Prize, Distinguished Award of CAS, Excellent Scientist Award of Chinese Catalysis Society, Zhou Guangzhao Award, and HLHL Prize. Professor Tao Zhang is the author or co-author of more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 110 patents. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013 and was appointed as the Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016.
Read some of Professor Zhang’s latest research here:
Sustainable production of pyromellitic acid with pinacol and diethyl maleate
Yancheng Hu, Ning Li, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang and Tao Zhang
Green Chem., 2017, 7, 1663-1667. DOI: 10.1039/c6gc03576k
Production of renewable 1,3-pentadiene from xylitol via formic acid-mediated deoxydehydration and palladium-catalyzed deoxygenation reactions
Ruiyan Sun, Mingyuan Zheng, Xinsheng Li, Jifeng Pang, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang and Tao Zhang
Green Chem., 2017, 3, 638-642. DOI: 10.1039/c6gc02868c
We are delighted to announce that the Green Chemistry themed web collection based on presentations at the International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2017 meeting held in La Rochelle, France between 16th-19th May 2017 is now online. The web collection is guest edited by François Jerome (CNRS University of Poitiers, France).
Read the full collection online
Critical Review
Bio-based amines through sustainable heterogeneous catalysis
M. Pelckmans, T. Renders, S. Van de Vyver and B. F. Sels
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5303-5331. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02299A
Communication
Designing the thermal behaviour of aqueous biphasic systems composed of ammonium-based zwitterions
A. M. Ferreira, H. Passos, A. Okafuji, M. G. Freire, J. A. P. Coutinho and H. Ohno
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 4012-4016. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02262J
Paper
Whole-cell biocatalytic selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid
X. Zhang, M. Zong and N. Li
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 4544-4551. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC01751K
Paper
Synthesis of CO2-responsive cellulose nanocrystals by surface-initiated Cu(0)-mediated polymerisation
J. Arredondo, P. G. Jessop, P. Champagne, J. Bouchard and M. F. Cunningham
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 4141-4152. DOI: 10.1039/C7GC01798G
The 8th Symposium on Ionic liquids, Japan was held at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Science on the 23 and 24th Nov. The event was chaired by Prof Hiroyuki Ohno and was attended by 269 guests, with 114 posters and 28 talks.
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PCCP poster award Ms. Erika Nozaki Niigata University, “Water-in Salt” the Li+ Local Structure in Super Concentrated Li salt aqueous solution by Neutron/X-ray” |
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Green Chemistry poster award Ms. Eri Hayashi Yokoyama National University, “Role of cation structure in CO2 Separation by Ionic Liquid/Sulfonated Polyimide Composite Membrane” |
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ChemComm poster award Ms. Shiori Nomoto Tokyo Institute of Technology, “Evaluation of Madelung energy of Ionic Liquid using Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy” |
We are delighted to welcome Keiichi Tomishige as our newest Editorial Board member.
Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University, Japan
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Keiichi Tomishige received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo. Following his Ph.D. course in 1994, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo as a Research Associate. In 1998, he became a Lecturer, and moved to the Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba in 2001. In 2004 he became an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Since 2010, he has been a Professor at the School of Engineering, Tohoku University.
His research interests are the development of heterogeneous catalysts for:
1) the production of biomass-derived chemicals,
2) direct synthesis of organic carbonates from CO2 and alcohols,
3) steam reforming of biomass tar.
The University of York, UK, hosted the 3rd biannual EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (EuGSC) between the 3-6 September 2017. The Royal Society of Chemistry were delighted to support the event and offered poster prizes, sponsored by Green Chemistry, for the best poster submissions. The winners of the these prizes were:
Myriam Y. Souleymanou: “Enabling CO2 re-use for the production of organic cyclic carbonates”
Astrid E. Delorme: “Sustainable systems for alcohol oxidation: tuning the reactivity of TEMPO”
Eduardo Morais: “Heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable production of fuels from CO2”
Eduardo Morais (centre) and Astrid E. Delorme (second-right), with Professors Ben Feringa (far-left), Michael North (second-left) and Paul Anastas (far-right)
Our congratulations to each of the winners!
An appeal from the Green Chemistry Editorial Board
Applied research in the area of green chemistry can be most effective if it is directed at solving problems that cause significant environmental impact or inefficiencies in current human activities. It is therefore necessary to identify those problems.
Green Chemistry is planning a virtual special issue on the topic of the greatest needs for green chemistry research, in the hope that this information will be of service to the community. The issue will encompass Perspectives papers that identify the top green needs in any one area.
We are therefore appealing for your thoughts on what are the most pressing needs for green chemistry research:
We welcome self-nominations and proposals for Perspectives which fall into this topic. Please note that all papers will be subject to the usual initial assessment and peer review processes.
Fill in the survey online at rsc.li/greenchemneeds by 31 October 2017
You can also contact us at green-rsc@rsc.org
As featured on the front cover of Green Chemistry Issue 17, Dr Vinh Nguyen tells us a little more about the artwork: “This graphic features a “superchemist” in safety goggles and white labcoat/cape holding a round-bottom flask. He is holding a heptagonal shield representing our tropylium ion. There are engravings on the shield denoting what chemicals can be used to protect the “carbonyl compound” on his chest.”
