2025
EnvironMental Health: A Framework for an Emerging Field at the Intersection of the Environment and Mental Health Crises
Ratjen L, Goddard E, Gilcher E, Nguyen B, Kelley M, Feldman H, Akalaonu K, Nyhan K, Backhaus A, Lascurain M, Wyrtzen N, Smith S, Prabhu M, Lowe S, Chen K, Zimmerman J, Anastas P. EnvironMental Health: A Framework for an Emerging Field at the Intersection of the Environment and Mental Health Crises. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2024gh001254. PMID: 39958831, PMCID: PMC11826329, DOI: 10.1029/2024gh001254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive healthReview of reviewsMental health conditionsMental health crisisAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderBehavioral healthMental healthHealth conditionsHealthPublic healthEconomic burdenWell-beingNeuropsychological healthHealth crisisSocial factorsContextual needsAttention-deficit/hyperactivityEnvironmental factorsGreen spacesHealthcareDementiaFunding strategiesConceptual frameworkFundingBurdenEvading Menthol Bans through Chemistry: The tobacco industry illustrates why we need to overhaul the way we regulate chemicals.
Zimmerman J, Erythropel H, Muellers T, Petrovic P, O'Malley S, Krishnan-Sarin S, Jabba S, Jordt S, Anastas P. Evading Menthol Bans through Chemistry: The tobacco industry illustrates why we need to overhaul the way we regulate chemicals. Scientific American 2025, 332: 71. PMID: 39688992, DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican012025-7utzdfyksaqx7txbhvuhtg.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Historical and Current Look at Chemical Design for Reduced Hazard
Petrovic P, Coish P, Anastas P. A Historical and Current Look at Chemical Design for Reduced Hazard. 2025, 163-172. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-15742-4.00072-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways
LeClerc H, Erythropel H, Backhaus A, Lee D, Judd D, Paulsen M, Ishii M, Long A, Ratjen L, Bertho G, Deetman C, Du Y, Lane M, Petrovic P, Champlin A, Bordet A, Kaeffer N, Kemper G, Zimmerman J, Leitner W, Anastas P. The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2024, 13: 5-29. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynthetic cooling agents and nicotine analogs in new tobacco products: tobacco industry strategies to bypass regulation
Jordt S, Erythropel H, Silinski P, Zimmerman J, Anastas P, Jabba S. Synthetic cooling agents and nicotine analogs in new tobacco products: tobacco industry strategies to bypass regulation. 2024, pa4038. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2024.pa4038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVariability 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: 753-755. 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
2023
The Torch Has Been Passed
Anastas P. The Torch Has Been Passed. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 11: 8173-8173. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02965.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Green Chemistry: Thirty Years of Holding Up Our End of the Bargain
Anastas P. Green Chemistry: Thirty Years of Holding Up Our End of the Bargain. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 9: 16005-16006. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 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 Research2020 Hindsight: Lessons from the Past Year
Anastas P. 2020 Hindsight: Lessons from the Past Year. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 9: 1423-1424. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00271.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Worthy and Necessary Challenges
Anastas P. Worthy and Necessary Challenges. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020, 8: 6572-6573. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02881.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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