Preparation and Application of Green Sustainable Solvent Cyrene

Yadong Wang; Mingfei Dai; Gang Luo; Jiajun Fan; James H. Clark; Shicheng Zhang

doi:10.3390/chemistry5040154

Chemistry (Oct 2023)

Preparation and Application of Green Sustainable Solvent Cyrene

Yadong Wang,
Mingfei Dai,
Gang Luo,
Jiajun Fan,
James H. Clark,
Shicheng Zhang

Affiliations

Yadong Wang: Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Mingfei Dai: Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Gang Luo: Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Jiajun Fan: CRCI, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
James H. Clark: Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Shicheng Zhang: Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry5040154
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 2322 – 2346

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The bio-based solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) is a green and sustainable alternative to petroleum-based dipolar aprotic solvents. Cyrene can be prepared from cellulose in a simple two-step process and can be produced in a variety of yields. Cyrene is compatible with a large number of reactions in the chemical industry and can be applied in organic chemistry, biocatalysis, materials chemistry, graphene and lignin processing, etc. It is also green, non-mutagenic and non-toxic, which makes it very promising for applications. In this paper, we have also screened all articles related to Cyrene on the Web of Science and visualised them through Cite Space.

Published in Chemistry

ISSN: 2624-8549 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/chemistry

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