Bio-based solvents: an emerging generation of fluids for the design of eco-efficient processes in catalysis and organic chemistry

Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts for the Ultrasound-Promoted Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in Glycerol

(2013) Arturo Azua et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Low-Transition-Temperature Mixtures (LTTMs): A New Generation of Designer Solvents

(2013) María Francisco et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly efficient and regioselective acylation of pharmacologically interesting cordycepin catalyzed by lipase in the eco-friendly solvent 2-methyltetrahydrofuran

(2013) Zhi-Gang Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Chemoselective CaO-Mediated Acylation of Alcohols and Amines in 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran

(2013) Vittorio Pace et al.   ChemSusChem

Comparative performance evaluation and systematic screening of solvents in a range of Grignard reactions

(2013) Asha Kadam et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass

(2013) David Martin Alonso et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient SO2 absorption by renewable choline chloride–glycerol deep eutectic solvents

(2013) Dezhong Yang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Enzymatic regioselective acylation of nucleosides in biomass-derived 2-methyltetrahydrofuran: Kinetic study and enzyme substrate recognition

(2013) Wen-Li Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

One-pot three-component synthesis of functionalized spirooxindoles in gluconic acid aqueous solution

(2013) Rui-Yun Guo et al.   TETRAHEDRON

One-pot four-component synthesis of highly substituted pyrroles in gluconic acid aqueous solution

(2013) Bao-Le Li et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Glycerol/hypophosphorous acid: an efficient system solvent-reducing agent for the synthesis of 2-organylselanyl pyridines

(2013) Samuel Thurow et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Glycerol ingrained copper: an efficient recyclable catalyst for the N-arylation of amines with aryl halides

(2013) Praveen K. Khatri et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Ethyl lactate as a promising bio based green solvent for the synthesis of spiro-oxindole derivatives via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

(2013) Anshu Dandia et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Highly efficient and environmentally benign preparation of Weinreb amides in the biphasic system 2-MeTHF/water

(2013) Vittorio Pace et al.   RSC Advances

Glycerol: A promising Green Solvent and Reducing Agent for Metal-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions and Nanoparticles Formation

(2013) Alba Díaz-Álvarez et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Multicomponent Reactions of β-Ketosulfones and Formaldehyde in a Bio-Based Binary Mixture Solvent System Composed of Meglumine and Gluconic Acid Aqueous Solution

(2012) Jie Yang et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Conversion of Hemicellulose into Furfural Using Solid Acid Catalysts in γ-Valerolactone

(2012) Elif I. Gürbüz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design of Biosolvents Through Hydroxyl Functionalization of Compounds with High Dielectric Constant

(2012) Guangnan Ou et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran: A Versatile Eco-Friendly Alternative to THF in Organometallic Chemistry

(2012) Vittorio Pace   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Use of a green (bio) solvent - limonene - as extractant and immiscible diluent for large volume injection in the RPLC-tandem MS assay of statins and related metabolites in human plasma

(2012) Andrei Medvedovici et al.   BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY

Regioselective enzymatic undecylenoylation of 8-chloroadenosine and its analogs with biomass-based 2-methyltetrahydrofuran as solvent

(2012) Wen-Li Gao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Deep eutectic solvents: syntheses, properties and applications

(2012) Qinghua Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Conversion of Hemicellulose to Furfural and Levulinic Acid using Biphasic Reactors with Alkylphenol Solvents

(2012) Elif I. Gürbüz et al.   ChemSusChem

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF): A Biomass-Derived Solvent with Broad Application in Organic Chemistry

(2012) Vittorio Pace et al.   ChemSusChem

Dehydration of Highly Concentrated Solutions of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in a Cheap and Sustainable Choline Chloride/Carbon Dioxide System

(2012) Fei Liu et al.   ChemSusChem

Production of levulinic acid and gamma-valerolactone (GVL) from cellulose using GVL as a solvent in biphasic systems

(2012) Stephanie G. Wettstein et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Lactic acid as an invaluable bio-based solvent for organic reactions

(2012) Jie Yang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Panorama of sustainable solvents using the COSMO-RS approach

(2012) Laurianne Moity et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalytic conversion of biomass using solvents derived from lignin

(2012) Pooya Azadi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Valorization of glycerol 1,2-carbonate as a precursor for the development of new synthons in organic chemistry

(2012) Julia Bensemhoun et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Highly efficient synthesis of phosphatidylserine in the eco-friendly solvent γ-valerolactone

(2012) Zhang-Qun Duan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Low melting mixtures in organic synthesis – an alternative to ionic liquids?

(2012) Carolin Ruß et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol as a biodegradable and reusable promoting medium for the catalyst-free one-pot three component synthesis of 4H-pyrans

(2012) Hamid Reza Safaei et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol as a recyclable solvent for copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of diaryl diselenides with aryl boronic acids

(2012) Vanessa G. Ricordi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalyst-free synthesis of quinazoline derivatives using low melting sugar–urea–salt mixture as a solvent

(2012) Zhan-Hui Zhang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Reengineering CelA2 cellulase for hydrolysis in aqueous solutions of deep eutectic solvents and concentrated seawater

(2012) Christian Lehmann et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Multicomponent reactions in unconventional solvents: state of the art

(2012) Yanlong Gu   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Robust eco-friendly protocol for the preparation of γ-hydroxy-α,β-acetylenic esters by sequential one-pot elimination–addition of 2-bromoacrylates to aldehydes promoted by LTMP in 2-MeTHF

(2012) Vittorio Pace et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol carbonate as a versatile building block for tomorrow: synthesis, reactivity, properties and applications

(2012) Matthieu O. Sonnati et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Evaluation of alternative solvents in common amide coupling reactions: replacement of dichloromethane and N,N-dimethylformamide

(2012) Donna S. MacMillan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Production and upgrading of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using heterogeneous catalysts and biomass-derived solvents

(2012) Jean Marcel R. Gallo et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green and Highly Efficient Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzothiazoles Using Glycerol without Catalyst at Ambient Temperature

(2012) Kamal Usef Sadek et al.   MOLECULES

Alternative Energy Input for Transfer Hydrogenation using Iridium NHC Based Catalysts in Glycerol as Hydrogen Donor and Solvent

(2012) Arturo Azua et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

An environmentally benign protocol: catalyst-free Michael addition of aromatic amines to α,β-unsaturated ketones in glycerol

(2012) Anguo Ying et al.   RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES

Bio-solvents change regioselectivity in the synthesis of disaccharides using Biolacta β-galactosidase

(2012) María Pérez-Sánchez et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Palladium(II) complex with a potential N4-type Schiff-base ligand as highly efficient catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura reactions in aqueous media

(2012) Biplab Banik et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

An efficient green protocol for the synthesis of coumarin fused highly decorated indenodihydropyridyl and dihydropyridyl derivatives

(2012) Sanjay Paul et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Catalytic Conversion of Fructose to γ-Valerolactone in γ-Valerolactone

(2012) Long Qi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Sustainable H2O/ethyl lactate system for ligand-free Suzuki–Miyaura reaction

(2012) Jie-Ping Wan et al.   RSC Advances

Ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of allylic alcohols using glycerol as solvent and hydrogen donor

(2011) Alba E. Díaz-Álvarez et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Glycerol and derived solvents: new sustainable reaction media for organic synthesis

(2011) Alba E. Díaz-Álvarez et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Conversion of biomass to selected chemical products

(2011) Pierre Gallezot   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The importance of Green Chemistry in Process Research and Development

(2011) Peter J. Dunn   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

An Efficient Palladium Catalyst System for the Oxidative Carbonylation of Glycerol to Glycerol Carbonate

(2011) Jianglin Hu et al.   ChemSusChem

Efficient Synthetic Protocols in Glycerol under Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2011) Giancarlo Cravotto et al.   ChemSusChem

Glycerol mediated synthesis of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazole under catalyst free conditions

(2011) Kamalakar P. Nandre et al.   CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

Lipases are soluble and active in glycerol carbonate as a novel biosolvent

(2011) Guangnan Ou et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Regioselective functionalization of glycerol with a dithiocarbamate moiety: an environmentally friendly route to safer fungicides

(2011) Rodolphe De Sousa et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Gluconic acid aqueous solution as a sustainable and recyclable promoting medium for organic reactions

(2011) Binghua Zhou et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Highly efficient chemoselective N-TBS protection of anilines under exceptional mild conditions in the eco-friendly solvent 2-methyltetrahydrofuran

(2011) Vittorio Pace et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Solvents derived from glycerol modify classical regioselectivity in the enzymatic synthesis of disaccharides with Biolacta β-galactosidase

(2011) María Pérez-Sánchez et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-ones in low melting tartaric acid–urea mixtures

(2011) Sangram Gore et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Ethyl lactate as a solvent: Properties, applications and production processes – a review

(2011) Carla S. M. Pereira et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Searching for green solvents

(2011) Philip G. Jessop   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Conversion of fructose and inulin to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in sustainable betaine hydrochloride-based media

(2011) Karine De Oliveira Vigier et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

A quantitative comparison between conventional and bio-derived solvents from citrus waste in esterification and amidation kinetic studies

(2011) James H. Clark et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Aqueous solutions of facial amphiphilic carbohydrates as sustainable media for organocatalyzed direct aldol reactions

(2011) Ana Bellomo et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters as Solvents: Evaluation of the Kauri-Butanol Value. Comparison to Hydrocarbons, Dimethyl Diesters, and Other Oxygenates

(2011) Gerhard Knothe et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Protease activation in glycerol-based deep eutectic solvents

(2011) Hua Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Algae: The scum solution

(2011) Neil Savage   NATURE

Toxicological Assessment of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran and Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether in Support of Their Use in Pharmaceutical Chemical Process Development

(2011) Vincent Antonucci et al.   ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Iridium NHC Based Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Processes Using Glycerol as Solvent and Hydrogen Donor

(2011) Arturo Azua et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Transfer Hydrogenations of Nitrobenzene Using Glycerol as Solvent and Hydrogen Donor

(2011) Dorith Tavor et al.   SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Glycerin and CeCl3 · 7H2O: A New and Efficient Recyclable Reaction Medium for the Synthesis of Quinoxalines

(2011) A. Venkat Narsaiah et al.   SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Improved synthesis of disaccharides with Escherichia coli β-galactosidase using bio-solvents derived from glycerol

(2011) María Pérez-Sánchez et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Highly regioselective control of 1,2-addition of organolithiums to α,β-unsaturated compounds promoted by lithium bromide in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran: a facile and eco-friendly access to allylic alcohols and amines

(2011) Vittorio Pace et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Catalyst-free synthesis of benzodiazepines and benzimidazoles using glycerol as recyclable solvent

(2011) Catia S. Radatz et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Glycerol derivatives as green reaction mediums

(2011) Adi Wolfson et al.   Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews

Novel choline-chloride-based deep-eutectic-solvents with renewable hydrogen bond donors: levulinic acid and sugar-based polyols

(2011) Zaira Maugeri et al.   RSC Advances

Multicomponent Reactions of 1,3-Cyclohexanediones and Formaldehyde in Glycerol: Stabilization of Paraformaldehyde in Glycerol Resulted from using Dimedone as Substrate

(2010) Minghao Li et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Total Synthesis of the Marine Antibiotic Pestalone and its Surprisingly Facile Conversion into Pestalalactone and Pestalachloride A

(2010) Nikolay Slavov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Applied Biotransformations in Green Solvents

(2010) María J. Hernáiz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Towards the conversion of carbohydrate biomass feedstocks to biofuels via hydroxylmethylfurfural

(2010) Olusola O. James et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Glycerol as a cheap, safe and sustainable solvent for the catalytic and regioselective β,β-diarylation of acrylates over palladium nanoparticles

(2010) Mathieu Delample et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Selective extraction of natural products with benign solvents and recovery by organophilic pervaporation: fractionation of d-limonene from orange peels

(2010) Prashant S. Kulkarni et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Enzyme-catalyzed C–C bond formation using 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) as (co)solvent: efficient and bio-based alternative to DMSO and MTBE

(2010) Saravanakumar Shanmuganathan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Study of the recycling possibilities for azabis(oxazoline)–cobalt complexes as catalysts for enantioselective conjugate reduction

(2010) Luis Aldea et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Palladium-catalysed Grignard cross-coupling using highly concentrated Grignards in methyl-tetrahydrofuran

(2010) Edward J. Milton et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green solvents from glycerol. Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of alkyl glycerol ethers

(2010) José I. García et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol as a sustainable solvent for green chemistry

(2010) Yanlong Gu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran as a suitable green solvent for phthalimide functionalization promoted by supported KF

(2010) Vittorio Pace et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient preparation of β-d-glucosyl and β-d-mannosyl ureas and other N-glucosides in carbohydrate melts

(2010) Carolin Ruß et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol eutectics as sustainable solvent systems

(2010) Andrew P. Abbott et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

New eutectic ionic liquids for lipase activation and enzymatic preparation of biodiesel

(2010) Hua Zhao et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Silica-immobilized piperazine: A sustainable organocatalyst for aldol and Knoevenagel reactions

(2010) Saravanakumar Shanmuganathan et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Allylation of cyclohexanones in aqueous media and influence of facial amphiphilic fructopyranosides

(2010) Ana Bellomo et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Solution polymerization of styrene using biodiesel as a solvent: Effect of biodiesel feedstock

(2009) Somaieh Salehpour et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Regioselective enzymatic acylation of pharmacologically interesting nucleosides in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, a greener substitute for THF

(2009) Yolanda Simeó et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycerol-based solvents as green reaction media in epoxidations with hydrogen peroxide catalysed by bis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-diphenyl] diselenide

(2009) Héctor García-Marín et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Organic reactions in low melting mixtures based on carbohydrates and l-carnitine—a comparison

(2009) Florian Ilgen et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in highly concentrated low melting mixtures

(2009) Florian Ilgen et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Insights into the Ethyl Lactate + Water Mixed Solvent

(2009) Santiago Aparicio et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Gamma-valerolactone-based solvents

(2009) Dániel Fegyverneki et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Glycerol as An Efficient Promoting Medium for Organic Reactions

(2008) Yanlong Gu et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed 1,4-Addition of Grignard Reagents to Cyclohexenone Using Taddol-Derived Phosphine-Phosphite Ligands and 2-Methyl-THF as a Solvent

(2008) Tobias Robert et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrolase-catalyzed biotransformations in deep eutectic solvents

(2008) Johnathan T. Gorke et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Rational Design of Sugar-Based-Surfactant Combined Catalysts for Promoting Glycerol as a Solvent

(2008) Ayman Karam et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Solvents from nature

(2008) István T. Horváth   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Biodiesel: a green polymerization solvent

(2008) Somaieh Salehpour et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Evaluating the greenness of alternative reaction media

(2008) Denise Reinhardt et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

The green solventethyl lactate: an experimental and theoretical characterization

(2008) Santiago Aparicio et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green procedure with a green solvent for fats and oils’ determination

(2008) Matthieu Virot et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

The use of biodiesel as a green polymerization solvent at elevated temperatures

(2008) Somaieh Salehpour et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

γ-Valerolactone—a sustainable liquid for energy and carbon-based chemicals

(2007) István T. Horváth et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY