Bright side of lignin depolymerization: toward new platform chemicals

Z Sun, B Fridrich, A De Santi, S Elangovan… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignin, a major component of lignocellulose, is the largest source of aromatic building blocks
on the planet and harbors great potential to serve as starting material for the production of …

Catalytic transformation of lignin for the production of chemicals and fuels

C Li, X Zhao, A Wang, GW Huber, T Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Biomass is any organic matter that is renewable over time. In the context of energy, this is
often used to mean plant-based materials, such as agricultural residues, forestry wastes …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Are lignin-derived monomers and polymers truly sustainable? An in-depth green metrics calculations approach

S Fadlallah, PS Roy, G Garnier, K Saito, F Allais - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The usage of renewable resources has become a hot topic upon the rising global
awareness against fossil feedstock consumption. Lignin, the 2nd most abundant natural …

Renewable (semi) aromatic polyesters from symmetrical vanillin-based dimers

A Llevot, E Grau, S Carlotti, S Grelier, H Cramail - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Two symmetrical biphenyl monomers derived from vanillin, a methylated divanillyl diol and a
methylated dimethylvanillate dimer, were synthesized and employed as (co) monomers for …

AmyloLipid Nanovesicles: a self-assembled lipid-modified starch hybrid system constructed for direct nose-to-brain delivery of curcumin

AC Sintov - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
AmyloLipid nanovesicles (ALNs) are new lipid-modified starch complex nanoparticles
developed and presented as nanocarriers of curcumin for targeting the CNS via the …

Vanillin based polymers: I. An electrochemical route to polyvanillin

AS Amarasekara, B Wiredu, A Razzaq - Green Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Vanillin based polymers : I. An electrochemical route to polyvanillin - Green Chemistry (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2GC35645G Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …

Biobased phenol and furan derivative coupling for the synthesis of functional monomers

M Decostanzi, R Auvergne, B Boutevin, S Caillol - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Generally, chemistry, and in particular polymer chemistry, faces the major challenge of
finding solutions to ensure the sustainable and environmentally benign development of …

Synthesis and characterization of novel potentially biodegradable aromatic polyesters consisting of divanillic acids with free phenolic hydroxyl groups

K Fujieda, Y Enomoto, Y Zhang, T Iwata - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Potentially biodegradable bio-based polyesters (P6DVAs) were synthesized from 1, 6-
hexanediol and divanillic acid (DVA) with free hydroxyl groups. Four DVA-based monomers …

Project Time! A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience, a CURE for the Traditional Organic Lab

JG D'Angelo - Journal of Chemical Education, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been
increasing in popularity as replacements for or adjuvants to the traditional laboratory …