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 …

Catalytic reduction of CO 2 into fuels and fine chemicals

A Modak, P Bhanja, S Dutta, B Chowdhury… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the progressive increase in atmospheric CO2 over the years and owing to its potential
environmental threat, researchers have focused their attention on the fruitful utilization of …

Biomass-derived chemical substitutes for bisphenol A: recent advancements in catalytic synthesis

F Liguori, C Moreno-Marrodan, P Barbaro - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bisphenol A is an oil-derived, large market volume chemical with a wide spectrum of
applications in plastics, adhesives and thermal papers. However, bisphenol A is not …

Green and bio-based solvents

FG Calvo-Flores, MJ Monteagudo-Arrebola… - Topics in Current …, 2018 - Springer
Chemical reactions and many of the procedures of separation and purification employed in
industry, research or chemistry teaching utilize solvents massively. In the last decades, with …

Monomer recycling of polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate and polyethers: scalable processes to achieve high carbon circularity

D Parida, A Aerts, K Vanbroekhoven… - Progress in Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review presents a comprehensive description of the current pathways used in the
chemical recycling of oxygenated plastics, with a specific focus on poly (ethylene …

Dimethyl carbonate: a versatile reagent for a sustainable valorization of renewables

G Fiorani, A Perosa, M Selva - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is an environmentally sustainable compound which can be used
efficiently for the upgrading of several promising renewables including glycerol …

Dimethyl isosorbide as a green solvent for sustainable ultrafiltration and microfiltration membrane preparation

F Russo, F Galiano, F Pedace, F Aricò… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dimethyl isosorbide (DMI)—a well-known biobased high boiling green solvent—was used
for the first time in the preparation of poly (vinylidene fluoride)-and poly (ether sulfone) …

Dimethyl carbonate as a green chemical

SH Pyo, JH Park, TS Chang, R Hatti-Kaul - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) as a green solvent.•Sustainable production of
DMC.•Green alternative to conventional solvents and chemicals.•Reagent for transformation …

Polymer chemistry applications of Cyrene and its derivative Cygnet 0.0 as safer replacements for polar aprotic solvents

RA Milescu, A Zhenova, M Vastano… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores a binary solvent system composed of biobased Cyrene and its derivative
Cygnet 0.0 for application in membrane technology and in biocatalytic synthesis of …

A sustainable approach to cathode delamination using a green solvent

O Buken, K Mancini, A Sarkar - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Designing an environment-friendly delamination process for an end-of-life (EoL) composite
cathode is a crucial step in direct cathode recycling. In this study, the green solvent dimethyl …