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Contents list for Green Chemistry, issue 10, 2008
Front cover
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1013
DOI: 10.1039/b814135p
Contents and Chemical Technology
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1015
DOI: 10.1039/b814137c
Editorial
Inspired by nature: green solvents in science and application
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1023
DOI: 10.1039/b815697m
Walter Leitner discusses the 2008 Green Solvents Conference and introduces István Horváth
s perspective.
Perspective
Solvents from nature
István T. Horváth,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1024
DOI: 10.1039/b812804a
A personal journey from solvent to solvent is presented to demonstrate how environmentally friendly solvents can be part of the solution of various chemical challenges.
Communication
Manganese octahedral molecular sieves catalyzed tandem process for synthesis of quinoxalines
Shanthakumar Sithambaram, Yunshuang Ding, Weina Li, Xiongfei Shen, Faith Gaenzler and Steven L. Suib,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1029
DOI: 10.1039/b805155k
An efficient environmentally benign tandem synthetic route to prepare quinoxalines leading to 100% yields using reusable manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves (OMS-2) is described.
Papers
Selective hydrolysis of cellulose into glucose over solid acid catalysts
Ayumu Onda, Takafumi Ochi and Kazumichi Yanagisawa,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1033
DOI: 10.1039/b808471h
Solid acid catalysts with high hydrothermal stability and hydrophobic planes have excellent catalytic properties for selective hydrolysis of cellulose with 
-1,4-glycosidic bonds into glucose under hydrothermal conditions.
Solar reactions for preparing hindered 7-cis-isomers of dienes and trienes in the vitamin A series
Yao-Peng Zhao, Roger O. Campbell and Robert S. H. Liu,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1038
DOI: 10.1039/b809007f
Floating solar reactors allowed photochemical synthesis of hindered 7-cis isomers of compounds in the vitamin A series. One such reaction was carried out with a boogie-board reactor at Waikiki.
Environmentally benign synthesis of nanosized aluminophosphate enhanced by microwave heating
Eng-Poh Ng, Luc Delmotte and Svetlana Mintova,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1043
DOI: 10.1039/b806525j
The environmentally benign synthesis of microporous aluminophosphate nanocrystals by a multicycle approach under microwave heating resulting in decreasing or almost eliminating the related waste is reported.
Influence of the enzyme concentration on the phase behaviour for developing a homogeneous enzymatic reaction in ionic liquid–CO2 media
Maria Dolores Bermejo, Aleksandra J. Kotlewska, Louw J. Florusse, Maria José Cocero, Fred van Rantwijk and Cor J. Peters,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1049
DOI: 10.1039/b805011b
A homogeneous enzymatic reaction in an ionic liquid–CO2 medium integrated with the separation of the product is proposed. In this work the solubility of CO2 in solutions of CaL B in HOPMImNO3 was experimentally determined.
Supported phosphine-free palladium catalysts for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction in aqueous media
Nam T. S. Phan and Peter Styring,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1055
DOI: 10.1039/b805290e
Complete conversion has been achieved in a Suzuki reaction carried out in a predominantly water environment and without phosphines using a polymer-supported catalyst.
Synthesis of cellulose/titanium dioxide hybrids in supercritical carbon dioxide
Qisi Yu, Peiyi Wu, Peng Xu, Lei Li, Tao Liu and Ling Zhao,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1061
DOI: 10.1039/b806094k
Novel cellulose/titania hybrids were synthesized via a supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2)-assisted adsorption and impregnation in to cellulose fibers with a titania sol which was prepared through a non-hydrolytic sol-gel route.
Sequential coupling of the transesterification of cyclic carbonates with the selective N-methylation of anilines catalysed by faujasites
Maurizio Selva, Alvise Perosa and Massimo Fabris,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1068
DOI: 10.1039/b805436c
Two sequential transformations catalysed by a NaX faujasite, allow the synthesis of the non-toxic dimethyl carbonate and its use in situ, as a methylating agent of primary aromatic amines.
Foam-like materials produced from abundant natural resources
Matthew D. Gawryla, Melissa Nezamzadeh and David A. Schiraldi,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1078
DOI: 10.1039/b807473a
Low density polymer/clay aerogel composites, which possess outstanding thermal and mechanical properties, can be produced from bio-based casein and smectite clays using water as solvent and an environmentally-benign freeze drying process.
Selective hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes in a poly(ethylene glycol)/compressed carbon dioxide biphasic system
Ruixia Liu, Haiyang Cheng, Qiang Wang, Chaoyong Wu, Jun Ming, Chunyu Xi, Yancun Yu, Shuxia Cai, Fengyu Zhao and Masahiko Arai,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1082
DOI: 10.1039/b808486f
Unsaturated alcohols were produced with a selectivity above 97% in the hydrogenation of 
,-unsaturated aldehydes. They were extracted by high pressure CO2 stream and separated from the PEG phase, dissolving the Ru catalyst, and the catalyst was directly recyclable.
Sustainable production of acrolein: gas-phase dehydration of glycerol over 12-tungstophosphoric acid supported on ZrO2 and SiO2
Song-Hai Chai, Hao-Peng Wang, Yu Liang and Bo-Qing Xu,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1087
DOI: 10.1039/b805373a
Keggin 12-tungstophosphoric acid (H3PW12O40, HPW) catalysts supported on zirconia are found to be much more active, selective and stable than those on silica for acrolein production from glycerol dehydration.
Synthesis of icosahedral gold particles by a simple and mild route
Chaoxing Zhang, Jianling Zhang, Buxing Han, Yueju Zhao and Wei Li,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1094
DOI: 10.1039/b805392h
Icosahedral gold nanoparticles can be prepared using HAuCl4 as precursor and Pluronics as reductant and directing agent under mild conditions, and the particles size can be tuned from 100 nm to 1 
m.
Cross-metathesis of oleyl alcohol with methyl acrylate: optimization of reaction conditions and comparison of their environmental impact
Anastasiya Rybak and Michael A. R. Meier,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1099
DOI: 10.1039/b808930b
The synthesis of ,
-difunctional monomers from the renewable resource oleyl alcohol via the cross-metathesis reaction with methyl acrylate is described and optimized.
Efficient green synthesis of -aminonitriles, precursors of -amino acids
G. K. Surya Prakash, Tisa Elizabeth Thomas, Inessa Bychinskaya, Arjun G. Prakash, Chiradeep Panja, Habiba Vaghoo and George A. Olah,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1105
DOI: 10.1039/b803152e
The synthesis of -aminonitriles by a direct three component Strecker reaction has been achieved using environmentally friendly solid acid catalysts, Nafion®-H and Nafion® SAC-13.
Catalytic application of room temperature ionic liquids: [bmim][MeSO4] as a recyclable catalyst for synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes. Ion-fishing by MALDI-TOF-TOF MS and MS/MS studies to probe the proposed mechanistic model of catalysis
Asit K. Chakraborti, Sudipta Raha Roy, Dinesh Kumar and Pradeep Chopra,
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1111
DOI: 10.1039/b807572g
[bmim][MeSO4] has been found to be a highly efficient reusable catalyst for the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by the reaction of indole with alkyl/aryl/heteroaryl aldehydes under neat conditions, at room temperature and in short reaction times.
Back cover
Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1119
DOI: 10.1039/b814202p
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