In recent decades, there has been an increasing effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels and
oil derivatives, to decrease environmental pollution, and to counteract global warming. The …

Surfactants are active or essential ingredient of several industrial and consumer
formulations. These amphiphilic organic molecules demonstrate unique ability to adsorb at …

A simple and efficient approach for profiling the greenness of high performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) methods is presented. This environmental assessment tool (EAT) …

Highlights•Enzyme-catalyzed linking of carbohydrates and aliphats as bio-based
surfactants.•Enzymatic functionalization of carbohydrates for click chemistry.•Enzymatic …

Abstract N‐alkanoyl‐N‐methylglucamides (MEGAs) are non‐toxic surfactants widely used
as commercial ingredients, but more sustainable syntheses towards these compounds are …

Biolubricants derived from vegetable oils are environmentally compatible products due to
their low toxicity and good biodegradability. Synthetic esters based on polyols and fatty …

This work reviews the use of carbohydrates and their derivatives as renewable raw materials
in the production of surfactants. Methods to attain state‐of‐the‐art carbohydrate‐derived …

Nucleosides and their analogs are biomolecules central to nearly all areas of life science.
Consequently, a variety of approaches have been developed to prepare these compounds …

The increasing industrial interest in biocatalytic processes is predominantly driven by the
need for selective chemistry, with high reaction yield (Yreaction) and few side reactions, as …

Environmental factors and process mass intensity were determined and evaluated for more
than 30 standard procedures for the synthesis of alkenes with tri-and tetrasubstituted double …