History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Untapped potential of deep eutectic solvents for the synthesis of bioinspired inorganic–organic materials

M Wysokowski, RK Luu, S Arevalo, E Khare… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) in 2003, significant progress has been
made in the field, specifically advancing aspects of their preparation and physicochemical …

Ecotoxicity studies reveal that organic cations in dicamba-derived ionic liquids can pose a greater environmental risk than the herbicide itself

J Homa, W Stachowiak, A Olejniczak… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The following research provides novel and relevant insights into potential environmental
consequences of combination of various organic cations with commercial systemic herbicide …

Transforming Sugars into Salts─ A Novel Strategy to Reduce Supercooling in Polyol Phase-Change Materials

B Gaida, J Kondratowicz, SL Piper… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase-change materials (PCMs) that melt in the intermediate temperature range of 100–
220° C can contribute to the utilization of renewable energy. Compounds rich in hydroxyl …

Bio-based protic salts as precursors for sustainable free-standing film electrodes

A Brzęczek-Szafran, M Gwóźdź, B Gaida… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming amines with low boiling points and high volatilities into protic salts is a
versatile strategy to utilize low molecular weight compounds as precursors for N-doped …

Biomass‐Derived Porous Carbon Materials for Electrocatalysis

Y Lv, L Huang, C Chen, Z Cai, L Ruhlmann - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Research of electrocatalysts based on biomass derived porous carbon materials become
one of promising strategies to boost the development of carbon cycle and energy storage …

Sustainable Design of New Ionic Forms of Vitamin B3 and Their Utilization as Plant Protection Agents

W Stachowiak, DK Kaczmarek… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This study demonstrates the utilization of naturally occurring nicotinamide (vitamin B3) in the
sustainable synthesis of organic salts with application potential as environmentally friendly …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-based electrocatalyst design with phytic acid—a versatile biomass-derived modifier of functional materials

M Gwóźdź, A Brzęczek-Szafran - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing energy demands exacerbated by energy shortages have highlighted the urgency
of research on renewable energy technologies. Carbon materials that can be employed as …

Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Applications of Ionic Liquids Derived from Natural Products

F Khorasani, R Ranjbar-Karimi, A Marra - Synthesis, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
Ionic liquids, nonvolatile salts featuring a melting point below 100° C, are one of the few
alternative solvents for environmentally friendly processes. However, like most molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Aqueous olefin metathesis with ᴅ-glucose-based bromides giving more efficient catalysis

N Barteczko, M Grymel, K Erfurt… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ring-closing metathesis of a model substrate, diethyl diallylmalonate, was used to study a
new catalytic system based on the commercially available HG2 catalyst and ionic liquids …