Replacement of less-preferred dipolar aprotic and ethereal solvents in synthetic organic chemistry with more sustainable alternatives

A Jordan, CGJ Hall, LR Thorp, HF Sneddon - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dipolar aprotic and ethereal solvents comprise just over 40% of all organic solvents utilized
in synthetic organic, medicinal, and process chemistry. Unfortunately, many of the common …

Organic synthesis in Aqueous Multiphase Systems—Challenges and opportunities ahead of us

P Hauk, J Wencel-Delord, L Ackermann… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemistry in water enabled by surfactants offers remarkable benefits from compliance and
sustainability standpoints. It has consequently significantly grown and gained the major …

Recent designer surfactants for catalysis in water

T Lorenzetto, G Berton, F Fabris… - Catalysis Science & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of water as a solvent for chemical transformations and catalysis is not only a counter-
intuitive original approach with respect to catalysis in traditional media, but thanks to micellar …

Easy recycling of nanoscale Fe 2 O 3-based catalysts for nitroarene reduction to anilines by the pyrolysis of a metallogel

WT Deng, X Zhong, Y Li, XJ Jia, HQ Luo… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An organic gelator N4, N4′-di (pyridin-3-yl)-[2, 2′-bipyridine]-4, 4′-dicarboxamide and
Fe3+ are used to self-assemble to form a new metallogel Fe-2B-N3 under mild conditions …

The green chemistry of chalcones: Valuable sources of privileged core structures for drug discovery

L Marotta, S Rossi, R Ibba, S Brogi, V Calderone… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The sustainable use of resources is essential in all production areas, including
pharmaceuticals. However, the aspect of sustainability needs to be taken into consideration …

Proton-coupled electron transfer: transition-metal-free selective reduction of chalcones and alkynes using xanthate/formic acid

R Prasanna, S Guha, G Sekar - Organic letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Highly chemoselective reduction of α, β-unsaturated ketones to saturated ketones and
stereoselective reduction of alkynes to (E)-alkenes has been developed under a transition …

Sustainable utilization of the vegetable oil manufacturing waste product in the formulation of eco-friendly emulsifiable cutting fluids

T Hassan, EM Kandeel, MS Taher, EE Badr… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The conventional Metal cutting fluids (MCFs) used are mineral-based petroleum oils that
perform well but are toxic and difficult to dispose of; therefore, these are hazardous to human …

Advances in green synthesis for drug discovery

F Allais, S Brogi, GR Castro, VP Vidali - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In July 2021 we announced a Frontiers Research Topic, hosted by Frontiers in Chemistry,
entitled Advances in green synthesis for drug discovery, as a part of the Green and …

Lignin-derived Brønsted acidic catalyst for the green synthesis of biologically relevant indole derivatives

B Manikandan, B Indrajit Karikalan, P Gopal… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - Springer
Readily available, naturally derived lignin was transformed into a Brønsted acidic
organocatalyst. The obtained catalyst was utilized in the environmentally benign synthesis of …

Systematic Tuning of Electronic Ground and Excited States in Donor–Acceptor Dyes; Steps toward Designer Compounds for Modern Technologies

SJ Harris, CJ McAdam, P Wagner… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The vibrational and electronic properties of six systematically altered donor–acceptor dyes
were investigated with density functional theory (DFT), spectroscopy, and electrochemical …