The sustainability impact of Nobel Prize Chemistry: life cycle assessment of C–C cross-coupling reactions

Jose Luis Osorio-Tejada, Francesco Ferlin, Luigi Vaccaro and Volker Hessel

Green Chem., 2023, 25, 9760
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Classic vs. C–H functionalization strategies in the synthesis of APIs: a sustainability comparison

Francesco Ferlin, Giulia Brufani, Gabriele Rossini and Luigi Vaccaro

Green Chem., 2023, 25, 7916
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Microwave assisted batch and continuous flow Suzuki–Miyaura reactions in GVL using a Pd/PiNe biowaste-derived heterogeneous catalyst

Federica Valentini, Benedetta Di Erasmo, Marta Ciani, Shaomin Chen, Yanlong Gu and Luigi Vaccaro

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 4871
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Sustainability in a can: upcycling aluminium scrap in the waste-minimized electrochemical synthesis of 2-oxazoline

Simone Trastulli Colangeli, Francesco Ferlin and Luigi Vaccaro

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 8030
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A heterogeneous nickel-supported catalyst: a circular approach to amine synthesis via azide and nitro compound reduction

Filippo Campana, Filippo Bocerani, Federica Valentini, Davide Gandolfo, Dario Marchionni, Dmitri Gelman and Luigi Vaccaro

RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 5594
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Tailor-Made POLITAG-Pd0 Catalyst for the Low-Loading Mizoroki–Heck Reaction in γ-Valerolactone as a Safe Reaction Medium

Federica Valentini, Luigi Carpisassi, Adrien Comès, Carmela Aprile and Luigi Vaccaro

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 12386
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Cellulosic pine needles-based biorefinery for a circular bioeconomy

Ashvinder K. Rana, Sanjay Guleria, Vijai Kumar Gupta and Vijay Kumar Thakur

Bioresource Technology, 2023, 367, 128255
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Efficient synthesis and investigation of waste-derived adsorbent for water purification. Exploring the impact of surface functionalization on methylene blue dye removal

Federica Valentini, Elisa Cerza, Filippo Campana, Assunta Marrocchi and Luigi Vaccaro

Bioresource Technology, 2023, 390, 129847
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A greener approach to Buchwald-Hartwig coupling. A sustainable Pd/C-catalyzed Csp–N bond formation under microwave irradiation and bio-based solvent

Giulia Brufani, Marta Ciani, Massimo Calamante, Francesco Mauriello and Luigi Vaccaro

Green Synthesis and Catalysis, 2026, 7, 98
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A new Pd(II) catalyst supported on magnetic SBA-15 for the Mizoroki-Heck coupling reaction

Mahsa Sotoude, Yagoub Mansoori, Fatemeh Ghahramani, Abolfazl Bezaatpour, Dolores Esquivel and M․ Angeles Navarro

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2025, 1039, 123778
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Polymer containing Pd(II) chelates grafted from SBA-15 for C–C bond formation via the Mizoroki–Heck reaction

Mohammadali Pourshahi, Yagoub Mansoori, Fatemeh Ghahramani, Abolfazl Bezaatpour, Dolores Esquivel, M. Angeles Navarro and Michael John

Chem. Pap., 2024, 78, 5471
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Heterogeneous palladium-catalysed intramolecular C(sp3) H α-arylation for the green synthesis of oxindoles

Nihad Salameh, Ioannis Anastasiou, Francesco Ferlin, Francesco Minio, Shaomin Chen, Stefano Santoro, Ping Liu, Yanglong Gu and Luigi Vaccaro

Molecular Catalysis, 2022, 522, 112211
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γ-Valerolactone (GVL) as a green and efficient dipolar aprotic reaction medium

Federica Valentini, Giulia Brufani, Benedetta Di Erasmo and Luigi Vaccaro

Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2022, 36, 100634
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Sustainable closed-loop biorefinery of γ-valerolactone from lignocellulosic biomass: Pretreatments of multiple biomass and synthesis of γ-valerolactone from multiple biomass-derived feedstocks

Yuan Li, Hongnan Sun, Taihua Mu and Marco Garcia-Vaquero

Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025, 193, 107594
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Macroreticular POLITAG-Pd(0) for the waste minimized hydrogenation/reductive amination of phenols using formic acid as hydrogen source

Federica Valentini, Benedetta Di Erasmo, Carlo Ciancuti, Simone Rossi, Samuele Maramai, Maurizio Taddei and Luigi Vaccaro

Catalysis Today, 2023, 424, 113833
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Ni/PiNe Heterogeneous Catalyst from Biomass Waste: Low‐Loading, Ligand‐Free Suzuki‐Miyaura Cross‐Coupling

Federica Valentini, Shaomin Chen, Giulia Brufani, Yanlong Gu and Luigi Vaccaro

ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Synthesis and Applications of Organic Borazine Materials

Dario Marchionni, Sumon Basak, Alireza Nazari Khodadadi, Assunta Marrocchi and Luigi Vaccaro

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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Accessing Borazine Substitution Patterns through Late‐Stage Iodination

Dario Marchionni, Alireza Nazari Khodadadi, Ejdi Cela, Fan Huang and Luigi Vaccaro

Adv Synth Catal, 2024, 366, 494
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Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Catalyzed C–H Activation for C–O and C–X (X = Halogen, B, P, S, Se) Bond Formation

Federica Valentini, Oriana Piermatti and Luigi Vaccaro

Catalysts, 2022, 13, 16
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POLITAG-M-F as Heterogeneous Organocatalyst for the Waste-Minimized Synthesis of β-Azido Carbonyl Compounds in Batch and under Flow Conditions

Federica Valentini, Giulia Brufani, Gabriele Rossini, Filippo Campana, Daniela Lanari and Luigi Vaccaro

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 3074
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A New and Efficient Electro Organic Method for Synthesis of Methyl Cinnamate Derivatives via Heck Reaction Under Green Conditions

Raed H. Althomali, Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary, Sherzod Shukhratovich Abdullaev, Mohammed Kadhem Abid, Ahmed Hussien Alawadi and Ali Hadi

Catal Surv Asia, 2024, 28, 200
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Recent Progress of Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for C–C Bond Forming Reactions

Atsushi Ohtaka

Catalysts, 2021, 11, 1266
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Fabrication of shape-stabilized phase change materials based on waste plastics for energy storage

Yaodong Zhang, Jiapeng Wang, Xulong Yang, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Zafar Said and Changhui Liu

Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 52, 104973
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Bis(Oxime Palladacycle) Supported on Magnetized SBA-15 as an Efficient and Retriveble Catalyst for the Mizoroki–Heck Reaction

Fatemeh Ghahramani, Yagoub Mansoori, Abolfazl Bezaatpour, Dolores Esquivel and M. Angeles Navarro

Catal Surv Asia, 2023, 27, 232
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Recoverable Ni-Based Catalyst for the Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin Using Isopropanol as a Renewable LOHC

Federica Valentini, Parvin Holakooei, Filippo Campana, Alessandro Di Michele, Beatrice Muzzi and Luigi Vaccaro

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2026, 14, 2095
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c11112

Green Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles for Sustainable and Environmentally Benign Processes

Oriana Piermatti

Catalysts, 2021, 11, 1258
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Heck Migratory Insertion Catalyzed by a Single Pt Atom Site

Bo Li, Cheng-Wei Ju, Wenlong Wang, Yanwei Gu, Shuai Chen, Yongrui Luo, Haozhe Zhang, Juan Yang, Hai-wei Liang, Mischa Bonn, Klaus Müllen, William A. Goddard and Yazhou Zhou

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 24126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07851