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Beatriz Chícharo, Sami Fadlallah, Giacomo Trapasso, Thomas Gherardi, Florent Allais and Fabio Aricò

Green Chem., 2025, 27, 1214
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Pulcherrimin: a bio-derived iron chelate catalyst for base-free oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to furandicarboxylic acid

Swathi Mukundan, Fabio Santomauro, Daniel Miramontes Subillaga, Noelia Villarroel, Adriano Randi, Sandra E. Dann, Jose F. Marco and Jonathan L. Wagner

Green Chem., 2025, 27, 4177
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Sustainable valorisation of renewables through dialkyl carbonates and isopropenyl esters

Giulia Fiorani, Alvise Perosa and Maurizio Selva

Green Chem., 2023, 25, 4878
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Insertion of CO2 to 2-methyl furoate promoted by a cobalt hypercrosslinked polymer catalyst to obtain a monomer of CO2-based biopolyesters

Elizabeth Rangel-Rangel, Beatriz Fuerte-Díez, Marta Iglesias and Eva M. Maya

RSC Sustainability, 2024, 2, 2896
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Beyond 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: status quo, environmental assessment, and blind spots of furanic monomers for bio-based polymers

Mattia Annatelli, Julián E. Sánchez-Velandia, Giovanna Mazzi, Simão V. Pandeirada, Dimitrios Giannakoudakis, Sari Rautiainen, Antonella Esposito, Shanmugam Thiyagarajan, Aurore Richel, Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis, Tobias Robert, Nathanael Guigo, Andreia F. Sousa, Eduardo García-Verdugo and Fabio Aricò

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 8894
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Chemo-enzymatic cascades producing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid precursors viad-gluconate “barbell oxidation” and dehydration

Jiao Chen, Jiali Cai, Feng Sha, Wenjun Sun, Xilei Lyu, Yonghui Chang, Fei Cao, Lili Zhao, Hongli Wu and Pingkai Ouyang

Green Chem., 2023, 25, 7126
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Biosourced Aromatic Derivatives in the Upcycling of Recycled PET: Mellophanic Dianhydride as a Chain Extender

Ada Truscello, Sonia Colletti, Cristian Gambarotti, Marco A. Ortenzi, Stefano Gazzotti and Maurizio S. Galimberti

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 9721
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2‐Formyl‐5‐(hydroxymethyl)furan (HMF) Derivatives as Active Complexing Agent for CO2 Insertion Reaction

Nicola Bragato, Mattia Annatelli, Alessandro Bernardi, Marco Bortoluzzi, Roberto Calmanti, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva and Giulia Fiorani

Eur J Org Chem, 2025, 28
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Furandicarboxylate Polyesters: A Comprehensive ADMET Study of a Novel Class of Furan‐Based α,ω‐Diene Monomers

Beatriz Chícharo, Sami Fadlallah, Florent Allais and Fabio Aricò

ChemSusChem, 2024, 17
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Recent Trends in the Synthesis of Monomers for Furanoate Polyesters and Their Nanocomposites’ Fabrication as a Sustainable Packaging Material

Johan Stanley, Lidija Fras Zemljič, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and Dimitrios N. Bikiaris

Sustainability, 2024, 16, 8632
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One-Pot Solvent-Free Conversion of Furfural and CO2 into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid

Danni Tang, Bing Ma, Ruiqiang Liu, Jingqing Tian and Chen Zhao

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 15752
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One-pot two-step biocatalytic upgrading of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) through a sequential oxidation process

Zhi-Gang Zhang, Yan Yi, Jia-Chun Lin, Dong Chen and Xiao-Jun Ji

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2024, 39, 101616
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Thiol-Ene UV-Cured Biodegradable Coatings from α,ω-Diene Furanic Monomers

Dumitru Moraru, Beatriz Chícharo, Giacomo Trapasso, Sami Fadlallah, Florent Allais, Fabio Aricò and Marco Sangermano

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2025, 7, 2073
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Chemical and enzymatic synthetic routes to the diglycidyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid

Beatriz Chícharo, Marc Cuesta, Giacomo Trapasso, Raul Porcar, Nuria Martín, Rocio Villa, Pedro Lozano, Sami Fadlallah, Florent Allais, Eduardo García-Verdugo and Fabio Aricò

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2025, 46, 102101
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Recent Advances in Direct Synthesis of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid from Carbohydrates

Xing-Long Li, Rui Zhu and Hua-Jian Xu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 2223
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Nitrile Furanics via Copper‐Catalyzed Dehydration of Aldoximes and Knoevenagel Condensation

Mattia Annatelli, Chaimaa Sadraoui, Giacomo Trapasso and Fabio Aricò

Eur J Org Chem, 2024, 27
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Reaction Pathways in Carbonates and Esters

Pietro Tundo and Fabio Aricò

ChemSusChem, 2023, 16
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Nickel‐Electrocatalyzed Synthesis of Bifuran‐Based Monomers

Valtteri Oksanen, Sari Rautiainen and Tom Wirtanen

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
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Bioconversion of citrus waste into mucic acid by xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Deokyeol Jeong, Sujeong Park, Grace Evelina, Suhyeung Kim, Heeyoung Park, Je Min Lee, Sun-Ki Kim, In Jung Kim, Eun Joong Oh and Soo Rin Kim

Bioresource Technology, 2024, 393, 130158
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Facile Sustainable Synthesis of Polyester-Polycarbonate and Effects of the Carbonate on Thermal, Mechanical, and Transparency Properties

Chao Zeng, ShengMing Zhang, Peng Ji, ZhiCheng Qiu, ZhiYong Li, ChaoSheng Wang and HuaPing Wang

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 15754
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Direct Coupling of Biobased Bifunctional Hydroxy-Aldehyde Monomers to Chemically Recyclable Alipharomatic Polyesters via Dehydrogenative Polycondensation

Hui-Du Xu, Hui-Jia Deng, Hui-Mei Zeng, Weiran Yang and Changguang Yao

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 1546
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Acid catalyzed synthesis of dimethyl isosorbide via dimethyl carbonate chemistry

Davide Dalla Torre, Mattia Annatelli and Fabio Aricò

Catalysis Today, 2023, 423, 113892
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Unraveling the Yellowing Mechanism in Poly(ethylene furanoate) Induced by Trace Impurities of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid

Lulu Dong, Shaoyi Wu, Tiefeng Xu, Junming Dai, Wenxing Chen and Wangyang Lu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 5677
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New advance in biorenewable FDCA-based polyesters: Multiple scale-up from lab bench to pilot plant

Bo Wang, Zhu Tu, Xinyuan Zhang, Lin Sang, Wentao Chan, Lei Wang, Xinming Pu, Feng Ling, Min Qi and Zhiyong Wei

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 474, 145911
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Co single atoms/nanoparticles over carbon nanotubes for synergistic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid

Chengfeng Yi and Zhigang Liu

Chem Synth, 2024, 4
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Synthesis of N‐Substituted Pyrrole‐2,5‐Dicarboxylic Acids from d‐Galactaric Acid

Jan‐Simon Jeshua Friedrichs, Kai Stirnweiß, Corinna Urmann and Volker Sieber

ChemSusChem, 2025
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Multigram Synthesis of Pure HMF and BHMF

Giacomo Trapasso, Giovanna Mazzi, Beatriz Chícharo, Mattia Annatelli, Davide Dalla Torre and Fabio Aricò

Org. Process Res. Dev., 2022, 26, 2830
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A Green Synthesis of 5,5′‐[Oxybis(methylene)]bis‐2‐Furfural: from By‐Product to Attractive Bio‐Based Platform Chemical

Mattia Annatelli, Giacomo Trapasso, Davide Dalla Torre, Luca Pietrobon, Davide Redolfi‐Bristol and Fabio Aricò

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022, 6
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Valorization routes of citrus waste in the orange value chain through the biorefinery concept: The Argentina case study

Mariana Ortiz-Sanchez, Alejandra B. Omarini, José-Andrés González-Aguirre, Micaela Baglioni, Julio A. Zygadlo, Javier Breccia, Roy D'Souza, Ludmila Lemesoff, Marcelo Bodeain, Carlos Ariel Cardona-Alzate, Ilinka Pejchinovski and Marcelo Hector Fernandez-Lahore

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2023, 189, 109407
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A bio-based rigid-flexible polyester-polycarbonate with excellent packaging properties

Chao Zeng, JiaWei Ren, RongKai Wang, ZhiCheng Qiu, LiYang Wang, ShengMing Zhang, Peng Ji, ChaoSheng Wang and HuaPing Wang

Polymer, 2025, 325, 128297
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Dialkyl Carbonates as Green Solvents for Polyvinylidene Difluoride Membrane Preparation

Giacomo Trapasso, Francesca Russo, Francesco Galiano, Con Rob McElroy, James Sherwood, Alberto Figoli and Fabio Aricò

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 3390
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Iron(III) Sulfate-Mediated Synthesis of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Dimethyl Ester from Galactaric Acid

Giacomo Trapasso, Beatriz Chícharo, Thomas Gherardi, Davide Redolfi-Bristol and Fabio Aricò

Catalysts, 2023, 13, 1114
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Synthesis of Biodegradable Polyester–Polyether with Enhanced Hydrophilicity, Thermal Stability, Toughness, and Degradation Rate

Xuedong Lv, Haitao Lin, Zhengxiang Wang, Ruixue Niu, Yi Liu, Yen Wei and Liuchun Zheng

Polymers, 2022, 14, 4895
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Synthesis of Thermal-Resistant Polyester-Polycarbonate with Fully Rigid Structure from Biobased Isosorbide

Chao Zeng, JiaWei Ren, WuFeng Shen, ShengMing Zhang, Peng Ji, ChaoSheng Wang and HuaPing Wang

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 6284
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Production of 2,5‐Furandicarboxylic Acid Methyl Esters from Pectin‐Based Aldaric Acid: from Laboratory to Bench Scale

Nicolaas van Strien, Jukka Niskanen, Anneloes Berghuis, Holger Pöhler and Sari Rautiainen

ChemSusChem, 2024, 17
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Recent advances in processes and technologies for production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 2,5-furandicarboylic acid from carbohydrates

Taizong Shen, Lingyan Hou, Jérôme Gosset, Haoyu Wang, Songqi Leng, Yacine Boumghar, Shahzad Barghi and Chunbao Xu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 500, 156470
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Electrochemical Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxaldehyde Using Mn(III)–Schiff Base Catalysts

Uxía Barreiro-Sisto, Sandra Fernández-Fariña, María Isabel Fernández-García, Ana M. González-Noya, Isabel Velo-Heleno and Marcelino Maneiro

Inorganics, 2025, 13, 30
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Bio-based epoxy thermosets from 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid derivates with tunable chain length

Beatriz Chícharo, Sami Fadlallah, Dumitru Moraru, Luke Darney, Marco Sangermano, Fabio Aricò and Florent Allais

Polymer, 2025, 336, 128880
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