Glycerol, an organic waste generated by the biodiesel industry, has been recently proposed
as a valuable green solvent. This review summarizes the advantages, disadvantages and …

The rapid growth of the biodiesel industry has led to a large surplus of its major byproduct, ie
glycerol, for which new applications need to be found. Research efforts in this area have …

Representative glycerol derivatives were employed as green solvents for selected organic
transformations. In all reactions it was found that both reaction performance and product …

This paper presents a poly (dimethyl siloxane)(PDMS) polymer microfluidic device using
alternating current (ac) dielectrophoresis (DEP) for separating live cells from interfering …

Cholinium-based deep eutectic solvents (DES) were evaluated as solvents for yeast-
mediated reduction of ethyl 3-oxobutanoate to ethyl 3-hydroxybutanoate. The type of …

Glycerol has proved to be an effective promoting medium for many multicomponent
reactions of 1, 3‐cyclohexanediones and formaldehyde. Styrenes, amines, 2‐naphthol, 4 …

A variety of α-bromoketones undergoes smooth condensation with thiourea/thioamide
compounds to afford the corresponding substituted thiazole derivatives in excellent yields …

Baker's yeast catalyzes the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones in water and in
various organic solvents. The reaction in water, which is the first solvent of choice for bio …

An efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly protocol has been developed for the
Michael addition of malononitrile on 1, 3-diaryl-2-propen-1-ones (Chalcones) using very …

Microbial transformation plays a vital role in chemical synthesis to yield novel organic
molecules. The catalyst accelerates the rate of organic reactions without altering the …