The Len Research Group Update: 03/08/2024
News
April 2024
Professor Len's new results titled "MOx-TiO2 (M=Pt, Pd, Ru) for alcoholysis reaction from furfuryl alcohol to ethyl levulinate" is published in Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy. Congratulations!
April 2024
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Varmitha Thiruchelvam.
March 2024
Dr Julien Legros (Université de Rouen) delivers a conference titled "Flow Chemistry selectivity control in organometallic chemistry and neutralization of organosulfur compounds". Congratulations!
March 2024
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Anderson-type polyoxometalates support on orange peel activated carbon for efficient ethyl levulinate production" is published in Fuel. Congratulations!
March 2024:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Diana El Khaled.
March 2024:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Wanyue Zhou.
March 2024:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new PhD student Baptiste Lafon.
February 2024
Prof Dr François-Xavier Felpin (Université de Nantes) delivers a conference titled "Enhancing optimization on a robotic-flow platform - Integrating statistical filtering with Bayesian methods". Congratulations!
February 2024
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "One-step hydrothermal fabrication of visible-light-responsive pompon-like SnxInyS2x+1.5y heterojunctions for highly-efficient photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural without additional oxidants" is published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Congratulations!
January 2024
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "A comprehensive review on apatite-derived catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production: classification, features and challenges" is published in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
November 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "The mechanochemical synthesis of environmentally benign fully biobased 4th generation benzoxazines and their polymers: mechanistic insights into the catalytic activity of latent catalysts" is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
November 2023
Remi's paper titled "Mechanochemistry and oleochemistry: a green combination for the production of high-value small chemicals" is published in Frontiers in Chemistry, Sec. Green and Sustainable Chemistry. Congratulations!
October 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Production of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furan carboxylic acid using biobased silver nanoparticles in deep eutectic substrate reaction mixtures" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
September 2023
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Prof Dr Asma Mohmmad Elsharif.
September 2023
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new student Romain Torlotin.
August 2023
Xinxin's paper titled "Photo-redox catalyzed gem-difluoromethylenation of alcohols with 1,1-difluoroalkenes to access a,a-difluoromethylene ethers" is published in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congratulations!
June 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Steam explosion as sustainable biomass pretreatment technique for biofuel production: characteristics and challenges" is published in Bioresource Technology. Congratulations!
June 2023
Amelie successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Chimie verte et chauffage par ultra-hautes fréquences" in front of an expert jury composed of Prof. Dr. Karine Vigier de Oliveira, Dr Zacharias Amar, Prof. Dr. Christophe Thomas, Prof. Dr. Alice Mija, Dr Bertrand Gerfault and Prof. Dr. Christophe.
June 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Green and rapid and instrumental one-pot method for the synthesis of imidazoles having potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 main protease activity" is published in Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. Congratulations!
May 2023
Wissal's paper titled "A review of recent advances in the production of furfural in batch system" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
April 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Synthesis of chiral Mn(III)-salen complexes tagged with ionic liquid as recoverable and reusable homogeneous catalysts for oxidative kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
March 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Microalgae bio-oil production by pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction: Mechanism and characteristics" is published in Bioresource Technology. Congratulations!
March 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Glycerol and microwave-assisted catalysis: recent progresses in batch and flow devices" is published in Sustainable Energy end Fuels. Congratulations!
February 2023
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Rui Li.
February 2023
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Fabien Bruel.
January 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Fabrication of Anderson-Polyoxometalates/TiO2/C3N4 heterojunction composite for efficient visible-light-driven photooxidative desulfurization" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations.
January 2023
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "A unified, microwave-assisted, palladium-catalyzed regioselective ortho-monohalogenation of 1-alkyl/benzyl-3-phenylquinoxalin-2(1H)-ones" is published in ChemistrySelect. Congratulations!
December 2022:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Monoclonal antibodies in breast cancer: a critical appraisal." is published in Critical Review in Oncology/Hematology. Congratulations!
December 2022:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Sustainable process design for circular fashion: Advances in sustainable chemistry for textile waste valorization." is published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. Congratulations!
November 2022:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new PhD student Xinxin Han.
November 2022:
Yantao's paper titled "Ru/Zr(OH)4 as a transfer hydrogenation catalyst under additives-free condition." is published in ChemCatChem. Congratulations!
October 2022:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new PhD student Qing Liu.
October 2022
Qing, Deyang and Tin's paper titled "Development of TiO2 catalyst based on Anderson-polyoxometalates for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization." is published in Fuel. Congratulations!
July 2022
Deyang and Tin's paper titled "Recent advances in the oxidative esterification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to furan-2,5-dimethylcarboxylate." is published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
July 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Enhanced valorization of hemp stalk via chemo-catalytic and hydrothermal conversions." is published in Fuel. Congratulations!
July 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Recent advances in continuous reduction of furfural to added value chemicals" is published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. Congratulations!
May 2022
Tin and Deyang's paper titled "High selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furan carboxylic acid using Ag-TiO2." is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
May 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Glycerol and catalysis by waste/low-cost materials – a review." is published in Catalysts. Congratulations!
May 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Carbon-based nanocatalysts (CnCs) for biomass valorization and hazardous organic remediation" is is published in Nanomaterials. Congratulations!
April 2022
Virgil and Alexia's paper titled "Continuous flow reductive alkylation of methanol by aldehydes. Synthesis of O-methyl ethers and 1,1-dimethoxyacetals." is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
April 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Cu/cellulose-modified magnetite nanocomposites as a highly active and selective catalyst for ultrasound-promoted aqueous O-arylation Ullmann and sp-sp2 Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions." is published in Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. Congratulations!
March 2022
Anitha's paper titled "Fire propagation behavior os some biobased furanic compounds with a focus on the polymer PEF." is published in ACS Omega. Congratulations!
March 2022
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Efficient synthesis of dihydropyrimidines using a highly ordered mesoporous functionalized pyridinium organosilica." is published in Catalysts. Congratulations!
March 2022
Deyang and Tin's paper titled "Insights into bimetallic synergistic effect towards -valerolactone production under Co doped Zr-TiO2." is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
March 2022
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Ms Riya Chaudhari.
March 2022:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Dr Wissal Adhami.
January 2022:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Density functional theory study of the selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 5-hydroxymethyl-2_furancarboxylic acid (HMFCA) on the silver oxide surface" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 2022:
Ting and Deyang's paper titled "Efficient transfer hydrogenation of alkyl levulinates to g-valerolactone catalyzed by simple Zr-TiO2 metal oxide systems" is published in Materials Today Chemistry. Congratulations!
January 2022:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Apatites based catalysts: a tentative classification" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
January 2022:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Miss Bouchra Balkard.
January 2022:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Dr Cloudius Sagandira.
October 2021:
Ting and Deyang's paper titled "Enhanced oxidative desulfurization of fuel in ionic liquid by TiO2 quantum dots catalysts modified with Anderson-type polyoxometalate" is published in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. Congratulations!
August 2021:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Evaluation of the free radical scavenging activities of ellagic acid and allagic peracetate by EPR spectrometry" is published in Molecules. Congratulations!
July 2021:
Deyang's paper titled "Exploring the potential of biomass-templated Nb/ZnO nanocatalysts for the sustainable synthesis of N-heterocycles" is published in Catalysis Today. Congratulations!
June 2021:
Congratulation to Remi for his communication titled "Microwave-assisted continuous flow for the selective oligomerization of glycerol" in the "24ème Journée de Chimie Organique et Chimie organique biologique de la Montagne-Ste-Geneviève", Paris, France
June 2021:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Alexia Deleu.
May 2021:
Yantao's paper titled "One-pot synthesis of dimethyl succinate from D-fructose using Amberlyst-70 catalyst" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
April 2021:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Virgile Rouffeteau.
March 2021:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes Dr Rémi Nguyen.
February 2021:
Mohamad's paper titled "Innovative continuous synthesis of solketal" is published in Journal of Flow Chemistry. Congratulations!
February 2021:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "DFT, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations for the prediction of corrosion inhibition efficiency of novel pyrozolylnucleosides on Cu(111) surface in acidic media" is published in Scientific Reports. Congratulations!
January 2021:
Rémi paper titled "Microwave-assisted continuous flow for the selective oligomerization of glycerol" is published in Catalysts. Congratulations!
January 2021:
Ting and Deyang's paper titled "Selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid using silver oxide supported on calcium carbonate" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
November 2020:
Yantao and Deyang's paper titled "Transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over modified Zr-based catalysts using primary alcohols as H-donors" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
November 2020:
Ting and Deyang's paper titled "Innovative protocols in the catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural" is published in ChemSusChem. Congratulations!
September 2020:
Yantao's paper titled "Molecular oxygen promoted synthesis of methyl levulinate from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
August 2020:
Deyang, Ting and Yantao's paper titled "Recent advances in catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethykfurfural" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
August 2020:
Mohamad's paper titled "Recent advances on the catalytic conversion of waste cooking oil" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
July 2020:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new PhD student Amelie Auvigne.
July 2020:
Daily's paper titled "Exploring the potential of biomass-templated Nb/ZnO nanocatalysts for the sustainable synthesis of N-heterocycles" is published in Catalysis Today. Congratulations!
July 2020:
Daily's paper titled "Photocatalytic production of vanillin over CeOx and ZrO2 modified biomass-templated titania" is published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Congratulations!
July 2020:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Synthesis and Anti-Inflammatory Activity Evaluation of Novel Chroman Derivatives" is published in New Journal of Chemistry. Congratulations!
July 2020:
Ting's paper titled "Synthesis cyclic carbonates with BmimCl-based ternary deep eutectic solvents system." is published in Journal of CO2 Utilization. Congratulations!
June 2019:
Congratulation to Mr Deyang Zhao for his successful PhD defence.
June 2020:
Sarra's paper titled "Effect of KOH pretreatment on lignocellulosic waste for the reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline without metal." is published in Sustainability. Congratulations!
May 2020:
Yantao and Daily's paper titled "Insights into the selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid using silver oxide" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
April 2020:
Our review titled "Lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol: recent advances, technology trends and barriers to industrial development" is published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.
April 2020:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Furfural Analogs as Sustainable Corrosion Inhibitors—Predictive Efficiency Using DFT and Monte Carlo Simulations on the Cu(111), Fe(110), Al(111) and Sn(111) Surfaces in Acid Media" is published in Sustainability.
March 2020:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new Master student Quoc-Thai Huynh.
February 2020:
Yantao and Daily's paper titled "Microwave-Assisted Oxidation of Hydroxymethyl Furfural to Added-Value Compounds over a Ruthenium-Based Catalyst" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
February 2020:
Our collaborative paper titled "Synthesis of furfuryl alcohol from furfural: A comparison between batch and continuous flow reactors" is published in Energies. Congratulations!
January 2020:
Our collaborative paper titled "Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Microwave-Extracted Phenolic Compounds from Biomass Residues" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Congratulations!
January 2020:
Our paper titled "Catalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction" is published in Catalysts.
January 2020:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new visiting Lecturer Ting Su from the Yantai University (China).
December 2019:
Qi's paper titled "The prediction multi-phase, multi reactant equilibria by minimizing the Gibbs energy of the system: Review of available techniques and proposal of a new method based on a Monte Carlo technique" is published in Chemical Engineering Science. Congratulations!
November 2019:
Our collaborative paper titled "A review on high catalytic efficiency of solid acid catalysts for lignin valorization" is published in Bioresource Technology. Congratulations!
November 2019:
Frederic, Mohamad and Daily's paper titled "Isosorbide: Recent advances in catalytic production" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
October 2019:
Congratulation to Ms Anitha Muralidhara for her successful PhD defence.
October 2019:
Qi's paper titled "Theoritical analysis of the green synthesis of aniline by reduction of nitrobenzene" is published in Chemical Engineering Science. Congratulations!
October 2019:
Our collaborative paper titled "Synthetic, Structural, and Anticancer Activity Evaluation Studies on Novel Pyrazolylnucleosides" is published in Molecules. Congratulations!
September 2019:
Congratulation to Prof. Carol Sze Ki Lin from City University of Hong Kong for her seminar "Integrated bio refinery strategies for waste and biomass valorisation".
September 2019:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Design and physicochemical properties of long and stiff fatty low molecular weight oleogelators" is published in Journal of Molecular Liquids.
September 2019:
Yantao's paper titled "Microwave-assisted catalytic upgrading of bio-based furfuryl alcohol to alkyl levulinate over commercial non-metal activated carbon" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
September 2019:
Yantao's paper titled "Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of furfural" is published in Catalysts. Congratulations!
August 2019:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Catalytic methods in flow chemistry" is published in Catalysts.
July 2019:
Congratulation to Prof. Virinder S. Parmar from City University of New York for his seminar "Natural-products inspired discovery and development of novel anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive and antimicrobial compounds".
July 2019:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Rh catalyzed hydroformylation of divinylglycol : an effective way to access 2,7-dioxadecalin-3,8-diol" is published in European Journal of Organic Chemistry.
June 2019:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes its new visiting PhD student Daily Rodriguez-Padron from the University of Cordoba (Spain).
June 2019:
Deyang's paper titled "Continuous flow conversion of alkyl levulinates into γ-valerolactone in the presence of Ru/C as catalyst" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
May 2019:
Yantao's paper titled "Mechanistic insights into the microwave-assisted cinnamyl alcohol oxidation using supported iron and palladium catalysts" is published in Molecular Catalysis. Congratulations!
May 2019:
Sophie's paper titled "A novel strategy for selective O-methylation of glycerol in subcritical methanol" is published in Frontiers in Chemistry. Congratulations!
April 2019:
Welcome: The Len group welcomes our new postdoctoral fellow Dr Mohamad Reza Khodadadi.
March 2019:
Laura's paper titled "Microwave-assisted homogeneous acid catalysis and chemoenzymatic synthesis of dialkyl succinate in a flow reactor" is published in Catalysis. Congratulations!
March 2019:
Congratulation to Mr Yantao Wang for his successful PhD defence.
March 2019:
Deyang's paper titled "One-pot FDCA diesters synthesis from mucic acid and thier solvent-free regioselective polytransesterification for production of glycerol-based furanic polyesters" is published in Molecules. Congratulations!
March 2019:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Design of new antifungal dithiocarbamic esters having bio-based acrylate moiety" is published in ACS Omega.
March 2019:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Efficient liquid-assisted grinding selective aqueous oxidation of sulfides using supported heteropolyacid catalysts" is published in ChemCatChem.
January 2019:
Qi's paper titled "Sensitivity of the predictability of chemical equilibrium software to choice of the products" is published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Congratulations!
December 2018:
Anitha's paper titled "Humins in the environment. Early stage insights on ecotoxicological aspects" is published in BioFPR. Congratulations!
December 2018:
Qi's paper titled "Improving the predictability of chemical equilibrium software" is published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Congratulations!
November 2018:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Recent advances in glycerol valorization in continuous flow process" is published in Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem.
November 2018:
Professor Len's collaborative paper titled "Development of sulfonic-acid-functionalized mesoporous materials: synthetic and catalytic applications" is published in Chem. Eur. J.