Recent advances in the field of selective epoxidation of vegetable oils and their derivatives: a review and perspective

SM Danov, OA Kazantsev, AL Esipovich… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The present critical review reports the recent progress of the last 15 years in the selective
epoxidation of vegetable oils and their derivatives, in particular unsaturated fatty acids …

Catalytic developments in the epoxidation of vegetable oils and the analysis methods of epoxidized products

PT Wai, P Jiang, Y Shen, P Zhang, Q Gu, Y Leng - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Functionalization of vegetable oils (VOs) including edible, non-edible, and waste cooking oil
(WCOs) to epoxides (EVOs) is receiving great attention by many researchers from academia …

Synergy between Cu and Co in a layered double hydroxide enables close to 100% nitrate-to-ammonia selectivity

W Wang, J Chen, ECM Tse - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrate electroreduction (NO3RR) holds promise as an energy-efficient strategy for the
removal of toxic nitrate to restore the natural nitrogen cycle and mitigate the adverse impacts …

Effective degradation of phenol via Fenton reaction over CuNiFe layered double hydroxides

H Wang, M Jing, Y Wu, W Chen, Y Ran - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of CuNiFe layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with various Cu/Ni molar ratios were
synthesized as catalysts for Fenton degradation of phenol. It is found that Cu+, Cu 2+, Ni 2+ …

Layered double hydroxide nanoclusters: aqueous, concentrated, stable, and catalytically active colloids toward green chemistry

Y Tokudome, T Morimoto, N Tarutani, PD Vaz… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Increasing attention has been dedicated to the development of nanomaterials rendering
green and sustainable processes, which occur in benign aqueous reaction media. Herein …

Opportunities and emerging challenges of the heterogeneous metal-based catalysts for vegetable oil epoxidation

W Yan, Z Wang, C Luo, X Xia, Z Liu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Epoxidized vegetable oils obtained from either edible or nonedible vegetable oil have
drawn extensive attention ascribing to the inherent nature of good biodegradability …

Promotional Role of Surface Defects on Carbon‐Supported Ruthenium‐Based Catalysts in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural

Z Gao, L Yang, G Fan, F Li - ChemCatChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of highly efficient supported metal catalysts is of vital importance for the
modern development of the production of chemicals. In this regard, biomass‐based …

Reduced Cu–Co–Al mixed metal oxides for the ring-opening of furfuryl alcohol to produce renewable diols

TP Sulmonetti, B Hu, S Lee, PK Agrawal… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The ring-opening of furfuryl alcohol to diol products, including 1, 2-pentanediol and 1, 5-
pentanediol, is investigated over reduced Cu–Co–Al mixed metal oxides in a liquid phase …

Highly efficient transfer hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin over Sn4+-induced highly dispersed Cu-based catalyst

Z Gao, F Liu, L Wang, F Luo - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Developing highly efficient non-noble-metal catalysts for the upgrade of abundant and low-
cost renewable raw biomass into high-quality biofuels and important chemicals is especially …

A novel amphiphilic phase transfer catalyst for the green epoxidation of soybean oil with hydrogen peroxide

F Zhang, Y Dong, S Lin, X Gui, J Hu - Molecular Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) is a vital organic renewable chemical material widely used in
the preparation of biomaterials. In this paper, a novel amphiphilic phase transfer catalyst [(C …