Paul Anastas
Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) and Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the EnvironmentCards
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2024
Variability in Constituents of E-Cigarette Products Containing Nicotine Analogues
Erythropel H, Jabba S, Silinski P, Anastas P, Krishnan-Sarin S, Zimmerman J, Jordt S. Variability in Constituents of E-Cigarette Products Containing Nicotine Analogues. JAMA 2024, 332 PMID: 39110443, PMCID: PMC11307159, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.12408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoom temperature catalytic upgrading of unpurified lignin depolymerization oil into bisphenols and butene-2
Subbotina E, Souza L, Zimmerman J, Anastas P. Room temperature catalytic upgrading of unpurified lignin depolymerization oil into bisphenols and butene-2. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 5892. PMID: 39003256, PMCID: PMC11246530, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49812-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchButene-2Bio-based carbon contentSource of renewable aromaticsGlass transition temperatureSynthetic utilityOlefin metathesisReductive catalytic fractionationBio-based carbonCatalyst loadingTarget monomersMild conditionsHydrogen pressureThermal stabilityRenewable aromaticsLoss of functionTransition temperatureCatalytic fractionationLignin depolymerizationCatalytic upgradingConvert ligninMonomerUpgrading methodsBisphenolHigh temperatureApproaches to the Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin
Subbotina E, Stahl S, Anastas P, Samec J. Approaches to the Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin. 2024, 231-263. DOI: 10.1002/9783527839865.ch9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModel compoundsProduction of vanillinAromatic compoundsModel compounds of ligninLignin model compoundsValorization of ligninCompounds of ligninFraction of woodValorize ligninLignin valorizationDepolymerization of ligninPhoto-catalysisOxidative depolymerization of ligninMechanistic discussionIonic liquidsRemove ligninSulfite liquorIndustrial side streamsEutectic solventsOxidation methodLigninOxidative delignificationOxidative depolymerizationNative ligninCompoundsCarbocation Mechanism Revelation of Molecular Iodine-Mediated Dehydrogenative Aromatization of Substituted Cyclic Ketones to Phenols
Jin Y, Petrovic P, Huang S, Banerjee S, Nandy A, Anastas P, Lam J. Carbocation Mechanism Revelation of Molecular Iodine-Mediated Dehydrogenative Aromatization of Substituted Cyclic Ketones to Phenols. The Journal Of Organic Chemistry 2024, 89: 3226-3237. PMID: 38361498, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDehydrogenative aromatizationCyclic ketonesDesorption electrospray ionization-mass spectrometryC-H bond activationElectrospray ionization-mass spectrometrySubstrate scope studyUnsaturated cyclic ketonesIonization-mass spectrometryHigh energy barrierProton nuclear magnetic resonanceMass spectrometric analysisBond activationSubstrate scopeDFT calculationsNuclear magnetic resonanceProduct selectivityPhenol etherReaction mechanismCarbocationProduct distributionSpectrometric analysisKetonesWater boiling temperatureAmbient conditionsAromatic precursors
2021
The Law of the Land: Sustainable Chemistry Innovation
Anastas P. The Law of the Land: Sustainable Chemistry Innovation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 9: 5250-5251. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02311.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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- August 07, 2024
Novel E-Cigarette Products Marketed to Contain Nicotine Analogs Instead of Nicotine Show Discrepancies Between Label Information and Contents
- June 03, 2024Source: Scientific American
How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry To Get Around Menthol Bans
- January 12, 2024Source: The Washington Post
Which proteins contain the most microplastics?
- November 20, 2023
Awards & Honors Fall 2023