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Top Ten for September 2009


These were the most popular articles from the Green Chemistry website throughout September 2009.

Heterogeneous acid catalysts for biodiesel production: current status and future challenges
Juan A. Melero, Jose Iglesias and Gabriel Morales, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1285
DOI: 10.1039/b902086a
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Efficient process for conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with ionic liquids
Xinhua Qi, Masaru Watanabe, Taku M. Aida, Richard L. Smith and Jr., Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1327
DOI: 10.1039/b905975j
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Revisiting the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction: a sustainable protocol for transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones
Vivek Polshettiwar and Rajender S. Varma, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1313
DOI: 10.1039/b913079a
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Clean preparation of methyl esters in one-step oxidative esterification of primary alcohols catalyzed by supported gold nanoparticles
Rafael L. Oliveira, Pedro K. Kiyohara and Liane M. Rossi, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1366
DOI: 10.1039/b902499a
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Key green chemistry research areas—a perspective from pharmaceutical manufacturers
David J. C. Constable, Peter J. Dunn, John D. Hayler, Guy R. Humphrey, Johnnie L. Leazer, Jr., Russell J. Linderman, Kurt Lorenz, Julie Manley, Bruce A. Pearlman, Andrew Wells, Aleksey Zaks and Tony Y. Zhang, Green Chem., 2007, 9, 411
DOI: 10.1039/b703488c
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Catalytically active, magnetically separable, and water-soluble FePt nanoparticles modified with cyclodextrin for aqueous hydrogenation reactions
Kohsuke Mori, Naoki Yoshioka, Yuichi Kondo, Tetsuya Takeuchi and Hiromi Yamashita, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1337
DOI: 10.1039/b905331j
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Studies on dissolution of carbohydrates in ionic liquids and extraction from aqueous phase
Andreia A. Rosatella, Luis C. Branco and Carlos A. M. Afonso, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1406
DOI: 10.1039/b900678h
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Production of hydrogen, alkanes and polyols by aqueous phase processing of wood-derived pyrolysis oils
Tushar P. Vispute and George W. Huber, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1433
DOI: 10.1039/b912522c
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Towards sustainable homogeneous gold catalysis: cycloisomerization of functionalized allenes in water
Christian Winter and Norbert Krause, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1309
DOI: 10.1039/b905823k
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Ethylene carbonate as a unique solvent for palladium-catalyzed Wacker oxidation using oxygen as the sole oxidant
Jing-Lun Wang, Liang-Nian He, Cheng-Xia Miao and Yu-Nong Li, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1317
DOI: 10.1039/b913779n
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