Giulia Brufani, Maitê Campos, Chiara Lenzi, Luís Adriano Santos do Nascimento, Emilia Paone, Andrea Piazzi, Rita Mazzoni, Luigi Vaccaro and Francesco Mauriello
{"title":"Selective transfer hydrogenation of furfural under continuous flow conditions promoted by the recoverable homogeneous Shvo's catalyst†","authors":"Giulia Brufani, Maitê Campos, Chiara Lenzi, Luís Adriano Santos do Nascimento, Emilia Paone, Andrea Piazzi, Rita Mazzoni, Luigi Vaccaro and Francesco Mauriello","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00176E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE00176E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The continuous-flow application of the homogeneous Shvo's catalyst for the selective transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol, utilizing biobased 2-methyltetrahydrofuran as the reaction medium and 2-propanol as a stoichiometric hydrogen donor is reported for the first time. The homogeneous catalyst demonstrated excellent recyclability, maintaining high performance over at least five consecutive reaction cycles. This process represents an efficient and waste-minimized strategy for the reductive catalytic valorization of biomass-derived furfural under continuous-flow conditions, as validated by a comprehensive green metrics assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1227-1232"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d5re00176e?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tom L. Roberts, Jonathan P. Dolan, Gavin J. Miller, Marcelo A. D. Lima and Sebastian C. Cosgrove
{"title":"A modular, reusable biocatalytic flow system for UDP-GlcNAc production†","authors":"Tom L. Roberts, Jonathan P. Dolan, Gavin J. Miller, Marcelo A. D. Lima and Sebastian C. Cosgrove","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00127G","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5RE00127G","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report here the continuous flow synthesis of a high-value sugar nucleotide. Immobilisation of enzymes onto solid carriers permitted transfer of the biocatalysts into packed bed reactors to realise a continuous biocatalytic platform for the synthesis of uridine diphosphate <em>N</em>-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) on 100 mg scale, with capacity for multiple reuses. The modular continuous flow approach described here represents a significant, up to 11-fold, improvement in space time yield (STY) when compared to batch studies, along with preventing product induced enzyme inhibition, reducing the need for an additional enzyme to break down inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi). The modular nature of the system has also allowed tailored conditions to be applied to each enzyme, overcoming issues relating to thermal stability. This development presents a platform approach towards a more efficient, continuous synthesis of important glycan targets including glycoproteins, specific oligosaccharide sequences and glycosylated drug targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1221-1226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12079181/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144092221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photocatalytic evolution of nitrous oxide from nitric monoxide over Pt-loaded titanium dioxide under UV irradiation†","authors":"Ryo Asayama, Masanori Takemoto, Arata Suzuki, Ryuichi Watanabe, Fuminao Kishimoto, Kenta Iyoki, Tatsuya Okubo and Toru Wakihara","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00119F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE00119F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >This study presents a photocatalytic evolution of nitrous oxide (N<small><sub>2</sub></small>O) from nitric monoxide (NO), well known as a harmful gas contained in exhaust gas. Pt nanoparticles (NPs) were loaded on titanium dioxide (TiO<small><sub>2</sub></small>) using different methods including impregnation, photo-deposition and chemical reduction methods. Bare TiO<small><sub>2</sub></small> (without metal loading) did not exhibit high N<small><sub>2</sub></small>O evolution under UV irradiation, but all Pt-loaded TiO<small><sub>2</sub></small> photocatalysts did exhibit improved N<small><sub>2</sub></small>O evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1216-1220"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d5re00119f?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Valerie Ramaotsoa, Ian Strydom, Jenny-Lee Panayides and Darren Riley
{"title":"Expression of Concern: Immobilized tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions under flow conditions","authors":"G. Valerie Ramaotsoa, Ian Strydom, Jenny-Lee Panayides and Darren Riley","doi":"10.1039/D5RE90015H","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE90015H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Expression of Concern for ‘Immobilized tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions under flow conditions’ by G. Valerie Ramaotsoa <em>et al.</em>, <em>React. Chem. Eng.</em>, 2019, <strong>4</strong>, 372–382, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00235E.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1429-1429"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d5re90015h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Sun, Mingjian Jiang, Yuan Zhi, Hua Zhang, Binlin Dou, Yuejin Shan, Jian Chen and Xiangyang Xu
{"title":"Continuous-flow synthesis of special Au–Ag bimetallic nanoparticles and their application for SERS detection of thiram in cherry juice†","authors":"Li Sun, Mingjian Jiang, Yuan Zhi, Hua Zhang, Binlin Dou, Yuejin Shan, Jian Chen and Xiangyang Xu","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00063G","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE00063G","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Here, using quasi-spherical Ag nanoparticles (NPs) as intermediates, continuous-flow synthesis of special Au–Ag bimetallic nanoparticles is efficiently achieved. Meanwhile, the microstructure evolution of Au–Ag bimetallic NPs is revealed, providing a theoretical reference for the microstructure control of bimetallic NPs. Furthermore, these special Au–Ag bimetallic NPs exhibit excellent performance for the SERS detection of thiram in cherry juice, indicating significant application potential in food safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 5","pages":" 965-969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aswin Nair, Megan Novak, Jonathan Ochoa, Dyron Powell, Josh Ramsey and Logan Stadtmueller
{"title":"A proposed industrial scale-up of circular bisphenol-A (BPA) production","authors":"Aswin Nair, Megan Novak, Jonathan Ochoa, Dyron Powell, Josh Ramsey and Logan Stadtmueller","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00047E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE00047E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >To meet the evolving sustainability goals of the modern-day chemical industry, there is a demand for novel chemical processes that minimize environmental impact while also maximizing profitability. This paper proposes a novel commercial solution for producing bisphenol-A (BPA) from the advanced recycling of polycarbonate waste. Current BPA production methods have major environmental and safety concerns from the use of benzene, high temperatures and pressures, and strong acids, and the proposed novel method addresses all these issues. This advanced recycling process utilizes a base-catalyzed methanolysis reaction with a methanol/toluene solvent mixture to produce BPA and dimethyl carbonate (DMC), a sustainable fuel additive both at 99.99 wt% purity. A prototype process was simulated in Aspen Plus®, and a preliminary process flow diagram was developed. With a target production capacity of 200 000 metric tons of BPA per annum, the major processing equipment is one packed-bed reactor, two crystallizers, and three distillation columns. All required heat exchangers and pumps were integrated into the simulation and can be adjusted based on product specifications and processing capacity. Analysis of green metrics for the novel process demonstrated that the process minimizes waste from a mass standpoint, and a rigorous economic analysis showed that the process is highly profitable in several varied scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1417-1428"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d5re00047e?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florian Ehrlich-Sommer, Tobias Friedl, Christian Koller and Malek Y. S. Ibrahim
{"title":"Reconfigurable photoflow reactor for enhanced optimization of the aerobic oxidative coupling of 2-phenylbenzoic acid†","authors":"Florian Ehrlich-Sommer, Tobias Friedl, Christian Koller and Malek Y. S. Ibrahim","doi":"10.1039/D4RE00635F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RE00635F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We tested eight configurations of a flat plate photoflow reactor, each with distinct photonic and mixing properties. The model reaction involved the photocatalytic oxidative cross-coupling of 2-arylbenzoic acid to form 6<em>H</em>-benzo[<em>c</em>]chromen-6-one, using air as an oxidant and visible light. Reactor designs included wide rectangular channels with varying depths and inclinations, two types of static mixers, and three serpentine-like channels with variable depths. All configurations outperformed a stirred batch photoreactor, with the 2 mm deep serpentine channel delivering the highest rate acceleration, reducing reaction time from 6 hours to less than 1.25 hours and increasing the apparent rate constant by over fourfold. The rate constant could not be correlated with the reactor illuminated area, but could be correlated with the inverse product of flow cross-section and light penetration depth. This correlation aids in optimizing similar reactions, with the optimum range influenced by light intensity and photocatalyst concentration, while the reconfigurable kit enables efficient empirical optimization without prior reaction kinetics knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 5","pages":" 959-964"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Struzek, Tim Delrieux, Florian Maurer, Danielle Santos Gonçalves, Sarina-Lena Heck, Linda Klag, Joachim Czechowsky, Anna Zimina and Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt
{"title":"Role of powders and coatings for relating catalytic activity and structure of Pt in emission control catalysis†","authors":"Samuel Struzek, Tim Delrieux, Florian Maurer, Danielle Santos Gonçalves, Sarina-Lena Heck, Linda Klag, Joachim Czechowsky, Anna Zimina and Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt","doi":"10.1039/D4RE00262H","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RE00262H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Packed powder beds and coatings are two relevant forms of catalysts, applied in industrial heterogeneous catalysis and multiple fundamental studies including <em>operando</em> spectroscopy. Both types have their individual advantages and disadvantages in regard to the performance and characterisation causing some complexity in the resulting flow patterns, possible temperature inhomogeneities in the reactor and the dynamic evolution of chemical state of the noble metal during the reaction along the catalytic bed. The well-known CO oxidation reaction over Pt/Al<small><sub>2</sub></small>O<small><sub>3</sub></small> catalysts was used in this study to uncover the influence of the gas phase compositions and the temperature on the evolution of the electronic structure of Pt for powdered and coated catalysts at comparable length scales. Advanced <em>operando</em> investigations were used to demonstrate the influence of spatial gradients in the gas phase for washcoats in contrast to packed powder beds. Additionally, transient gradients in the chemical state of Pt, which occurred more pronounced for packed powder beds than for coated monoliths were followed and traced back to heat and mass transfer effects. Finally, the catalytic activity can be linked to the temperature distributions for both types of samples. These findings will be valuable for planning and evaluating future combinations of spectroscopic and catalytic experiments on industrially relevant systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1233-1243"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d4re00262h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zahra Bazyar, Fatemeh Zeraatpisheh and Nastaran Moalemiyan
{"title":"Selective photocatalytic oxidation of (hetero)aryl alcohols to aldehydes and ketones by visible-light-absorbing three-dimensional Ni/ZnO nanoparticles†","authors":"Zahra Bazyar, Fatemeh Zeraatpisheh and Nastaran Moalemiyan","doi":"10.1039/D5RE00035A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RE00035A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Heterogeneous photocatalysis offers a promising avenue for green oxidation processes in organic synthesis. In this study, we developed a three-dimensional Ni/ZnO photocatalyst for the selective oxidation of (hetero)aryl alcohols to aldehydes and ketones using molecular oxygen as a green and cost-effective oxidant. The results indicated that the three-dimensional Ni/ZnO catalyst, with a nickel loading of 2.92 wt%, exhibited exceptional performance, achieving a conversion rate of 95% and a selectivity of 97%. Moreover, the Ni/ZnO photocatalyst could be easily separated from the crude reaction mixture and reused for several cycles without a significant decrease in reaction efficiency. This highlights its potential for industrial application in large scale synthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1365-1377"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johannes Luibl, Markus Hegelmann, Stephan Schwarzinger, Wolfgang Korth, Mirza Cokoja and Andreas Jess
{"title":"Amphiphobic surface-active ionic liquids as dynamic micellar phase-transfer catalysts for biphasic epoxidations†","authors":"Johannes Luibl, Markus Hegelmann, Stephan Schwarzinger, Wolfgang Korth, Mirza Cokoja and Andreas Jess","doi":"10.1039/D4RE00616J","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RE00616J","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report on the synthesis of amphiphobic surface-active ionic liquids (FSAILs) containing fluorinated anions. The solubility and aggregation behavior of the FSAILs was determined in both aqueous hydrogen peroxide and in organic media. The FSAILs were applied as temperature-controlled micellar and phase transfer epoxidation catalysts by mixing the FSAIL with sodium tungstate in aqueous H<small><sub>2</sub></small>O<small><sub>2</sub></small> solution. The epoxidation of <em>cis</em>-cyclooctene with aqueous hydrogen peroxide was studied in terms of catalyst activity, phase behavior and recycling. To deepen insights recycability and phase transfer, especially of the catalytically active species, characteristics of the micellar catalysis were investigated in detail over different reaction time periods. High-resolution <small><sup>1</sup></small>H-qNMR reveals a quantitative phase transfer of the FSAILs into the organic phase, while the additive remains in the aqueous phase. Additionally, the present tungsten species also remain fully in the aqueous phase as shown by ICP-MS analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":101,"journal":{"name":"Reaction Chemistry & Engineering","volume":" 6","pages":" 1350-1358"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/re/d4re00616j?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}