Carbon-based solid acids: a review

A Mahajan, P Gupta - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020 - Springer
Green chemistry has fostered research on recyclable, insoluble and easily separable
heterogeneous catalysts. Carbon materials are widely used for renewable energy and …

Efficient and green production of biodiesel catalyzed by recyclable biomass-derived magnetic acids

A Wang, H Li, H Pan, H Zhang, F Xu, Z Yu… - Fuel processing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass-based catalysts are considered as non-toxic, non-corrosive and eco-friendly solid
materials. In the present study, all investigated biomass-derived magnetic sulfonic acid …

Plasticized poly (3‐hydroxybutyrate) with improved melt processing and balanced properties

DM Panaitescu, CA Nicolae, AN Frone… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread application of poly (3‐hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) in the food packaging and
biomedical fields has been hindered by its high brittleness, slow crystallization, poor thermal …

Reactive organic radical-doped Ag (I)-based coordination compounds for highly efficient antibacterial wound therapy

F Hu, S Xia, Y He, Z Huang, H Ke, JZ Liao - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, being critical antimicrobial agents, have been widely used for treating bacterial
infections. However, prolonged use of antibiotics can induce drug resistance resulting in …

Dipolar modification in heterogeneous catalysts under electron beam irradiation for the conversion of biomass-derived platform molecules

Z Chen, H Li, K Sheng, X Dong, J Yuan, S Hao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, an efficient and practical approach for dipolar modification of commercially available
solid catalysts is reported. The solid catalysts HMS (hexagonal mesoporous silica)-DMSO …

A novel aromatic carbocation-based coupling reagent for esterification and amidation reactions

TV Nguyen, DJM Lyons - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel tropylium-based coupling reagent has been developed to facilitate the synthesis of a
series of esters, amides, lactones and peptides under mild reaction conditions. Remarkably …

Sulfonated and ordered mesoporous polymers for reversible adsorption of ammonia: Elucidation of sequential pore-space diffusion

X Kan, Z Liu, F Liu, F Li, W Chen, X Yi, A Zheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
NH 3 adsorption and separation are pivotal for its safety and efficient utilization, but most
solid adsorbents show either low capacity or unsatisfied separation performance. Herein, we …

Application of glucose derived magnetic solid acid for etherification of 5-HMF to 5-EMF, dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide, and esterification of fatty acids

RS Thombal, VH Jadhav - Tetrahedron Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the catalytic activity of Glu-Fe 3 O 4-SO 3 H was evaluated for three acid
catalyzed reactions: etherification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) to 5 …

Bioactivity and structure-activity relationship of cinnamic acid esters and their derivatives as potential antifungal agents for plant protection

K Zhou, D Chen, B Li, B Zhang, F Miao, L Zhou - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A series of cinnamic acid esters and their derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for
antifungal activities in vitro against four plant pathogenic fungi by using the mycelium growth …

Lysine functional heteropolyacid nanospheres as bifunctional acid–base catalysts for cascade conversion of glucose to levulinic acid

Z Sun, S Wang, X Wang, Z Jiang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Acid–base bifunctional heteropolyacid (HPA) nanospheres (C 6 H 15 O 2 N 2) 3− x H x PW
12 O 40 (abbreviated as Ly 3− x H x PW) have been evaluated in cascade isomerization …