• closedAccess   A Green Approach for Producing Solvent-free Anisyl Acetate by Enzymecatalyzed Direct Esterification in Sponge-like Ionic Liquids Under Conventional and Microwave Heating 

      Lozano, Pedro; Bernal, Juana M.; Lajarin, Almudena; Romera, Daniel; Garcia-Verdugo, Eduardo; Sánchez Gómez, Gregorio; Pucheault, Mathieu; Vaultier, Michel; Burguete, M. Isabel; Luis, Santiago V. Bentham Science Publishers (2014)
      The biocatalytic synthesis of anisyl acetate fragrance was carried out by direct esterification of acetic acid with anisyl alcohol in sponge-like ionic liquids (SLILs), e.g. N,N,N,N-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bis(trifluo ...
    • closedAccess   Clean enzymatic preparation of oxygenated biofuels from vegetable and waste cooking oils by using spongelike ionic liquids technology 

      Lozano, Pedro; Gómez, Celia; Nicolás, Ángel; Polo, Ramon; Nieto Cerón, Susana; Bernal, Juana M.; Garcia-Verdugo, Eduardo; Luis, Santiago V. American Chemical Society (2016)
      The biocatalytic synthesis of oxygenated biofuels (fatty acid solketal esters, FASEs) and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters, FAMEs) was carried out by both the direct esterification of fatty acids (i.e., lauric, ...
    • closedAccess   Green bioprocesses in sponge-like ionic liquids 

      Lozano, Pedro; Bernal, Juana M.; Gómez, Celia; Garcia-Verdugo, Eduardo; Burguete, M. Isabel; Sánchez Gómez, Gregorio; Vaultier, Michel; Luis, Santiago V. Elsevier (2015-10-15)
      Ionic liquids (ILs) are a new class of liquid solvent, whose use has led to a green chemical revolution because of their unique array of physico-chemical properties, headed by their negligible vapour pressure and their ...
    • closedAccess   Green Catalysis-4th International Congress on Green Process Engineering (GPE2014; Sevilla, Spain, April 7-10, 2014) 

      Lozano, Pedro; Luis, Santiago V.; Garcia-Verdugo, Eduardo; Fernandez Lafuente, Roberto Elsevier (2015-10-15)
      This special issue of Catalysis Today entitled Green Catalysis contains selected contributions in the field of Catalysis and Biocatalysis that were presented at the 4th International Congress on Green Process Engineering ...
    • closedAccess   Substrate selective catalytic molecular hydrogels: the role of the hydrophobic effect 

      Berdugo Gumbau, Cristina; Miravet, Juan; Escuder, Beatriu Royal Society of Chemistry (2013-09-17)
      A catalytic hydrogel is reported for the substrate selective direct aldol reaction of aliphatic ketones based on their hydrophobicity and on the emergence of catalytic activity only after self-assembly of the catalyst.
    • openAccess   Supercritical Synthesis of Biodiesel 

      Bernal, Juana M.; Lozano, Pedro; Garcia-Verdugo, Eduardo; Burguete, M. Isabel; Sánchez Gómez, Gregorio; López López, Gregorio; Pucheault, Mathieu; Vaultier, Michel; Luis, Santiago V. MDPI Publishing (2012)
      The synthesis of biodiesel fuel from lipids (vegetable oils and animal fats) has gained in importance as a possible source of renewable non-fossil energy in an attempt to reduce our dependence on petroleum-based fuels. The ...