Vanillin based polymers: I. An electrochemical route to polyvanillin AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu, A Razzaq Green Chemistry 14 (9), 2395-2397, 2012 | 125 | 2012 |
Degradation of Cellulose in Dilute Aqueous Solutions of Acidic Ionic Liquid 1-(1-Propylsulfonic)-3-methylimidazolium Chloride, and p-Toluenesulfonic Acid at … AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Industrial & engineering chemistry research 50 (21), 12276-12280, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |
Acidic ionic liquid catalyzed one-pot conversion of cellulose to ethyl levulinate and levulinic acid in ethanol-water solvent system AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu BioEnergy Research 7, 1237-1243, 2014 | 94 | 2014 |
Aryl sulfonic acid catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose in water AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Applied Catalysis A: General 417, 259-262, 2012 | 61 | 2012 |
Synthesis of a silica-immobilized Brönsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst and hydrolysis of cellulose in water under mild conditions B Wiredu, AS Amarasekara Catalysis Communications 48, 41-44, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
Solid acid catalyzed aldol dimerization of levulinic acid for the preparation of C10 renewable fuel and chemical feedstocks AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu, TL Grady, RG Obregon, D Margetić Catalysis communications 124, 6-11, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
A comparison of dilute aqueous p-toluenesulfonic and sulfuric acid pretreatments and saccharification of corn stover at moderate temperatures and pressures AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Bioresource technology 125, 114-118, 2012 | 28 | 2012 |
Sulfonic acid group functionalized ionic liquid catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose in water: structure activity relationships AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Sustainable Energy 2 (3), 102-107, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
Synthesis of cyclododeciptycene quinones K Lou, AM Prior, B Wiredu, J Desper, DH Hua Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (49), 17635-17641, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
Brönsted Acidic Ionic Liquid 1‐(1‐Propylsulfonic)‐3‐methylimidazolium‐Chloride Catalyzed Hydrolysisof D‐Cellobiose in Aqueous Medium AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu International Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry 2012 (1), 948652, 2012 | 24 | 2012 |
1-(1-Propylsulfonic)-3-methylimidazolium chloride acidic ionic liquid catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose in water: effect of metal ion co-catalysts B Wiredu, AS Amarasekara Catalysis Communications 70, 82-85, 2015 | 23 | 2015 |
The effect of metal ions as co-catalysts on acidic ionic liquid catalyzed single-step saccharification of corn stover in water B Wiredu, AS Amarasekara Bioresource Technology 189, 405-408, 2015 | 23 | 2015 |
Acidic ionic liquid catalyzed liquefaction of cellulose in ethylene glycol; identification of a new cellulose derived cyclopentenone derivative AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54 (3), 824-831, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
Single reactor conversion of corn stover biomass to C5–C20 furanic biocrude oil using sulfonic acid functionalized Brönsted acidic ionic liquid catalysts AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 4, 149-155, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
Synthesis and characterization of branched polymeric ionic liquids with imidazolium chloride segments AS Amarasekara, B Callis, B Wiredu Polymer bulletin 68, 901-908, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
Antitumor triptycene analogs induce a rapid collapse of mitochondrial transmembrane potential in HL-60 cells and isolated mitochondria Y Wang, EM Perchellet, MM Ward, K Lou, H Zhao, SK Battina, B Wiredu, ... International journal of oncology 28 (1), 161-172, 2006 | 19 | 2006 |
Conversion of levulinic acid and cellulose to γ-valerolactone over Raney-Ni catalyst using formic acid as a hydrogen donor AS Amarasekara, YM Lawrence, AD Fernandez, TL Grady, B Wiredu Biofuels, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
Chemocatalytic hydrolysis of cellulose at 37 C, 1 atm AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (2), 426-429, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
γ-Valerolactone from pyrolysis of calcium salts of levulinic-formic acid mixtures derived from cellulose AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu, NE Dre'Langala biomass and bioenergy 72, 39-44, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
The co-catalyst effect of zeolites on acidic ionic liquid catalyzed one-pot conversion of cellulose to ethyl levulinate and levulinic acid in aqueous ethanol B Wiredu, J N Dominguez, A S Amarasekara Current Catalysis 4 (2), 143-151, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |