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Cover Feature: Ethyl Lactate: A Green Solvent for Olefin Metathesis (ChemSusChem 20/2019)
Author(s) -
Planer Sebastian,
Jana Anupam,
Grela Karol
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201902667
Subject(s) - solvent , ruthenium , olefin metathesis , metathesis , catalysis , chemistry , olefin fiber , organic chemistry , materials science , polymer science , polymer chemistry , polymer , polymerization
The Cover Feature shows a typical exotic wild beach contaminated by tons of plastic. The scuba diver represents the PI getting an idea of converting the used plastic (polylactide) cups into a green solvent for chemical reactions. As a result, ethyl lactate was for the first time tested as a solvent in olefin metathesis, showing full compatibility with a wide range of popular ruthenium catalysts in a rich substrate scope. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Planer, A. Jana, et al. on page 4655 in Issue 20, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901735).