80        Glycerol Ketal Biobased Product Preparation from Biomass-Derived Reactants Using an H-ZSM-5 Catalyst for Oil Color Painting Application, R Davisayahvorakul, S Muangmeesri, D Jiraroj, S Lohanut, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4598-4604

 

79        Recycling of Polyesters by Organocatalyzed Methanolysis Depolymerization: Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, S Muangmeesri, KR Baddigam, K Navare, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, K Witthayolankowit, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4114-4120

 

78        Valorization of Tops and Branches to Textile Fibers and Biofuel: Value Chain Explored Experimentally; Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, K Witthayolankowit, L Ramazanova, KR Baddigam, A Marson, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, D Lebedeva, S Muangmeesri,  MI Wide, D Kubička, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 526-533

 

77        Valorization of beetle infected spruce to produce textile fibers and biofuels: Environmental sustainability evaluated by life cycle assessment, K Witthayolankowit, A Marson, KR Baddigam, D Lebedeva, M Shaikh, A Kane, D Gupta, MI Wide, AP Mathew, D Kubička, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023,  470, 144179

 

76        Consequential life cycle assessment of kraft lignin recovery with chemical recycling, A Marson, JSM Samec, A Manzardo, Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 882, 163660

 

75        Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties, K Witthayolankowit, T Rakkijakan, R Ayub, I Kumaniaev, S Pourchet, G Boni, P Watjanatepin, H Zarafshani, X Gabrion, A Chevallier, N Vo, A Van Vuure, P Balaguer, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, V Placet, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023, 258, 110692

 

74        Concise Synthesis of 1, 4-Dideoxy-1, 4-imino-l-arabinitol (LAB) from d-Xylose by Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of a Hydroxy Group, S Akkarasamiyo, HPN Sakonnakhon, P Kuntiyong, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synlett, 2023, 34, 441-444

 

73        Hydrocarbons from kraft pulp pre-hydrolysis liquors in two steps using heterogeneous catalysis, D Lebedeva, JSM Samec, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 3637-3643

 

72        Citrated cellulose nanocrystals from post-consumer cotton textiles, MX Ruiz-Caldas, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, AK Hellström, J Hildenbrand, M Larsson, A Jaworski, JSM Samec, P Lahtinen, T Tammelin, AP Mathew, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023,  11, 6854-6868

 

71        Single-standard quantification strategy for lignin dimers by supercritical fluid chromatography with charged aerosol detection, D Papp, T Rukkijakan, D Lebedeva, T Nylander, M Sandahl, JSM Samec, C Turner, Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 95, 1436-1445

 

70        Synthesis of (Z)-Cinnamate Esters by Nickel-Catalyzed Stereoinvertive Deoxygenation of trans-3-Arylglycidates, S Akkarasamiyo, S Chitsomkhuan, S Buakaew, JSM Samec, P Chuawong, P Kuntiyong, Synlett, 2022, 33, 1353-1356

 

69        Lignin-first biorefining of Nordic poplar to produce cellulose fibers could displace cotton production on agricultural lands, A Adler, I Kumaniaev, A Karacic, KR Baddigam, RJ Hanes, E Subbotina, AW Bartling, AJ Huertas-Alonso, A Moreno, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, GT Beckham, JSM Samec, Joule, 2022, 6, 1845-1858

 

68        A New Family of Renewable Thermosets: Kraft Lignin Poly‐adipates, D Di Francesco, D Rigo, K Reddy Baddigam, AP Mathew, N Hedin, M Selva, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2022, 15, e202200326

 

67        Waste-to-Fuel approach: valorization of lignin from coconut coir pith, D Lebedeva, S Hijmans, AP Mathew, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2022, 2, 349-358

 

66        Cr/MCM-22 catalyst for the synthesis of levulinic acid from green hydrothermolysis of renewable biomass resources, I Mongkolpichayarak, D Jiraroj, W Anutrasakda, C Ngamcharussrivichai, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 405, 373-384

 

65        Holistic valorization of hemp through reductive catalytic fractionation, S Muangmeesri, N Li, D Georgouvelas, P Ouagne, V Placet, AP Mathew, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 17207-17213

 

64        Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin, E Subbotina, T Rukkijakan, MD Marquez-Medina, X Yu, M Johnsson, JSM Samec, Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 1118-1125

 

63        Selective decarboxylation of biobased fatty acids using a Ni-FSM-16 catalyst, D Jiraroj, O Jirarattanapochai, W Anutrasakda, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 291, 120050

 

62        Debottlenecking a pulp mill by producing biofuels from black liquor in three steps, D Di Francesco, C Dahlstrand, J Löfstedt, A Orebom, J Verendel, C Carrick, Å Håkansson, S Eriksson, H Rådberg, H Wallmo, M Wimby, F Huber, C Federsel, M Backmark, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 2414-2425

 

61        Thermal and mechanical properties of esterified lignin in various polymer blends, A Orebom, D Di Francesco, P Shakari, JSM Samec, C Pierrou, Molecules, 2021, 26, 3219

 

60        OrganoSoxhlet: circular fractionation to produce pulp for textiles using CO 2 as acid source, D Di Francesco, KR Baddigam, S Muangmeesri, JSM Samec, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 9401-9405

 

59        Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation, AW Bartling, ML Stone, RJ Hanes, A Bhatt, Y Zhang, MJ Biddy, R Davis, JS Kruger, NE Thornburg, JS Luterbacher, R Rinaldi, JSM Samec, BF Sels, Y Román-Leshkov, GT Beckham, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 4147-4168

 

58        Zeolite‐Assisted Lignin‐First Fractionation of Lignocellulose: Overcoming Lignin Recondensation through Shape‐Selective Catalysis, E Subbotina, A Velty, JSM Samec, A Corma, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4528-4536

 

57        A combination of experimental and computational methods to study the reactions during a Lignin-First approach, I Kumaniaev , E Subbotina , M Galkin, P Srifa , S Monti , I Mongkolpichayarak , DN Tungasmita and JSM Samec, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2020, 92, 631-639

 

56        H3PO2-Catalyzed Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Enantioenriched Secondary Alcohols by N-, O-, and S-Centered Nucleophiles to Generate Heterocycles, A Bunrit, P Srifa, T Rukkijakan, C Dahlstrand, G Huang, S Biswas, R Watile, JSM Samec, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 1344–1352

 

55        Conversion of birch bark to biofuels, I Kumaniaev, K Navare, NC Mendes, V Placet, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, Green chemistry, 2020, 22, 2255-2263

 

54        Intramolecular substitutions of secondary and tertiary alcohols with chirality transfer by an iron(III) catalyst, R. A. Watile, A. Bunrit, J. Margalef, S. Akkarasamiyo, R. Ayub, E. Lagerspets, S. Biswas, T. Repo,  J. S. M. Samec, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 3826

 

53        A high atom economic approach to prepare chiral alfa-sulfenylated ketones J. Margalef, R. A. Watile, T. Rukkijakan, J. S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 11219-11227

 

52        Nickel-​Catalyzed Suzuki-​Miyaura Cross-​Coupling Reaction of Naphthyl and Quinolyl Alcohols with Boronic Acids Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Margalef, Jessica; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 4782-4787.

 

51        Adsorption Isotherms of Lignin-​Derived Compounds on a Palladium Catalyst, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 6899-6906.

 

50        Functionalized spirolactones by photoinduced dearomatization of biaryl compounds Li, Hongji; Subbotina, Elena; Bunrit, Anon; Wang, Feng; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 3681-3686.

 

49         Lignin Valorization by Cobalt-​Catalyzed Fractionation of Lignocellulose to Yield Monophenolic Compounds Rautiainen, Sari; Di Francesco, Davide; Katea, Sarmad Naim; Westin, Gunnar; Tungasmita, Duangamol N.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 404-408.

 

48        Ductile Pd-​Catalysed Hydrodearomatization of Phenol-​Containing Bio-​Oils Into Either Ketones or Alcohols using PMHS and H2O as Hydrogen Source, Di Francesco, Davide; Subbotina, Elena; Rautiainen, Sari; Samec, Joseph S. M.  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018, 360, 3924-3929.

 

47          High Yields of Bio Oils from Hydrothermal Processing of Thin Black Liquor without the Use of Catalysts or Capping Agents, Orebom, Alexander; Verendel, J. Johan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 6757-6763.

 

46         Tsuji-​Trost Reaction of Non-​Derivatized Allylic Alcohols, Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Samec, Joseph S. M., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 3488

 

45         Pd-​Catalyzed Substitution of the OH Group of Nonderivatized Allylic Alcohols by Phenols, Rukkijakan, Thanya; Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M., Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 4099.

 

44         ReaxFF Simulations of Lignin Fragmentation on a Palladium-​Based Heterogeneous Catalyst in Methanol-​Water Solution, Monti, Susanna; Srifa, Pemikar; Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 5233-5239.

 

43        Valorization of Quercus suber Bark toward Hydrocarbon Bio-​Oil and 4-​Ethylguaiacol, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 5737-5742

 

42          Lignin depolymerization to monophenolic compounds in a flow-​through system, Kumaniaev, I.; Subbotina, E.; Sävmarker, J.; Larhed, M.; Galkin, M. V.; Samec, J. S. M. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 5767

 

41        Design and synthesis of biobased epoxy thermosets from biorenewable resources, François, C.; Pourchet, S.; Boni, G.; Rautiainen, S.; Samec, J.; Fournier, L.; Robert, C.; Thomas, C. M.; Fontaine, S.; Gaillard, Y.; Placet, V.; Plasseraud, L. C. R. Chimie, 2017, 1006

 

40        Pd/C-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Dibenzodioxocin Lignin Model Compounds Using Silanes and Water as Hydrogen Source, Subbotina, Elena; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 3726

 

39        Dual Gold(I)-catalyzed Cyclization of Dialkynyl Pyridinium Salts, Tsupova, Svetlana; Cadu, Alban; Stuck, Fabian; Rominger, Frank; Rudolph, Matthias; Samec, Joseph S. M.; Hashmi, A. Stephen K. ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 1915

 

38        Detecting Important Intermediates in Pd Catalyzed Depolymerization of a Lignin Model Compound by a Combination of DFT Calculations and Constrained Minima Hopping, P Srifa, M Galkin, JSM Samec, K Hermansson, P Broqvist, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 23469

 

37       Hydrogen-free catalytic fractionation of woody biomass Galkin, Maxim V.; Smit, Arjan T.; Subbotina, Elena; Artemenko, Konstantin A.; Bergquist, Jonas; Huijgen, Wouter J. J.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem,2016, 9, 3280

 

36        Diglycidylether of iso-eugenol: a suitable lignin-derived synthon for epoxy thermoset applications, Camille Francois, Sylvie Pourchet, Gilles Boni, Stephane Fontaine, Yves Gaillard, Vincent Placet, Maxim V. Galkin, Alexander Orebom, Joseph Samec* Laurent Plasseraud* RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 68732

 

35        Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps, Joakim Löfstedt, Christian Dahlstrand, Alexander Orebom, Gerrit Meuzelaar, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Maxim V. Galkin, Peter Agback, Martin Wimby, Elena Corresa, Yannick Mathieu, Laurent Sauvanaud, Sören Eriksson, Avelino Corma, Joseph S. M. Samec ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1392

 

34        A General Route to β-Substituted Pyrroles by Transition-Metal Catalysis Anon Bunrit, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Svetlana Tšupova, Per J. R. Sjöberg, and Joseph S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 1450.

 

 33       AN EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT ROUTE TO ENATIOENRICHED 1,4 SULFANYL ALCOHOLS, Sandra K. Olsson, Srijit Biswas, Joseph S. M. Samec, International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2015, 2,

 

32        Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Olsson, Sandra K.; Srifa, Pemikar; Huang, Genping; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per; Biswas, Srijit; Himo Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 4646.

 

31        Mild and robust redox neutral Pd/C catalyzed lignol β-O-4´ bond cleavage through a low energy barrier pathway, Galkin, Maxim V.; Dahlstrand, Christian, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 2187.

 

30        Selective Aerobic Benzylic Alcohol Oxidation of Lignin Model Compounds: Route to Aryl Ketones, Dawange, Monali; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 401.

 

29        One-Pot Synthesis of Keto Thioethers by Palladium/Gold-Catalyzed Click and Pinacol Reactions, Cadu, Alban; Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 5556.

 

28        Selective Route to 2-Propenyl aryls Directly from Wood by a Tandem Organosolv and Pd-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenolysis, Galkin, Maxim, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem 2014, 7, 2154.

 

27        Tandem Pd/Au-Catalyzed Route to α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Terminal Propargylic Alcohols and Thiols Biswas, Srijit; Watile, Rahul A.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 2159.

 

26        Mechanistic Insights into the Pd-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Allyl Alcohols: Evidence for an Outer-sphere Mechanism Involving a Palladium Hydride Intermediate Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Orthaber, Andreas; Matsson, Olle; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 1520.

 

25        Equilibrium Study of Pd(dba)2 and P(OPh)3 in the Pd-Catalyzed Allylation of Aniline by Allyl Alcohol Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Eriksson, Lars; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organometallics, 2014, 33, 249-253.

 

24        Mild Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Cleavage of β-O-4′-Ether Linkages of Lignin Model Compounds and Native Lignin in Air Galkin, Maxim V.; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Rohde, Volker; Dawange, Monali; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem, 2014, 6, 179-184

 

23        Atom-Efficient Gold(I)-Chloride-Catalyzed Synthesis of alpha-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Propargylic Alcohols and Aryl Thiols: Substrate Scope and Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Investigation Biswas, Srijit; Dahlstrand, Christian; Watile, Rahul A.; Kalek, Marcin; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry –A European Journal, 2013, 19, 17939-17950.

 

22        The Efficiency of the Metal Catalysts in the Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols is Dependent on the Nucleophile and Not on the Electrophile Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 974-981.

 

21        Pd-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Benzylic Alcohols by Formic Acid: A Mechanistic Study Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Lundstedt, Anna; Samec, Joseph S. M. ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 635-642.

 

20        An aqueous and recyclable copper(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Green Chemistry, 2013 15, 3176-3179.

 

19        A gold(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 6586-6588.

 

18        Iron(III)-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxy Group in Benzoin by Alcohols  Mirzaei, Anvar; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synthesis, 2012, 44, 1213-1218.

 

17        An atom efficient route to N-aryl and N-alkyl pyrrolines by transition metal catalysis.  Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 2548-2554.

 

16        A chemoselective route to either 4-methyl-2,4,-diphenyl-2-pentene or 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindan from 2-phenylpropan-2-ol medidated by BiBr₃: A mechanistic study. Fredrick Howard, Supaporn Sawadjoon and Joseph S. M. Samec, Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51, 4208-4210              

                                             

15        Latent Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring a Phosphine or an N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Benjamin K. Keitz, and Robert H. Grubbs, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010, 695, 1831-1837.

 

14        Quantitative Determination of the Regioselectivity of Nucleophilic Addition to eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Direct Observation of an Equilibrium between eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Rhenacyclobutenes. Charles P. Casey, Timothy M. Boller, Joseph S. M. Samec, John R. Reinert-Nash, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 123.

 

13        Ruthenium Carbene Complexes Bearing an Anionic Carboxylate Chelated to a Hemilabile Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14. 2686.

 

12      Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Commun. 2007, 2826.

 

11        A Salt Metathesis Route to Ruthenium Carbene Complex Isomers with Pyridine Dicarboxamide-derived Chelate Pincer Ligands. Carolin Wallenhorsta, Kirill V. Axenov, Gerald Kehr, Joseph S. M. Samec, Roland Fröhlich, Gerhard Erker Z. Naturforsch. 2007, 62b, 783.

 

10        DFT study of an inner-sphere mechanism in the hydrogen transfer from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride to imines.  Timofei Privalov, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 2840.

 

9        Mechanistic Study of Hydrogen Transfer to Imines from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride. Experimental Support for a Mechanism Involving Coordination of Imine to Ruthenium Prior to Hydrogen Transfer. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jenny B. Åberg, Timofei Privalov, Lars Eriksson,  and Jan-E. Bäckvall. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 14293.

 

8        Mechanistic investigation on the hydrogenation of imines by [p-(Me₂CH)C₆H₄Me]RuH(NH₂CHPhCHPhNSO₂C₆H₄–p-CH₃). Experimental support for an ionic pathway, Jenny B. Åberg, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Chem. Commun. 2006, 2771.

 

7        Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2327.

 

6          Dehydrogenation of aromatic amines to imines via ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer. Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M. Samec, Claudia Brasse, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2002, 1144.

 

5          An efficient and mild ruthenium-catalyzed racemization of amines: application to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure amines. Oscar Pàmies, Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M Samec, Nina Hermanns, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 4699.

 

4           Ruthenium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of imines by propan-2-ol in benzene. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2955.

 

3          Enantioselctive addition of aldehydes to amines via combined catalytic biomimetic oxidation and organocatalytic C-C- bond formation. Ismail Ibrahem, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Armando Córdova, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46,

 

2          Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Imines by Isopropanol under Controlled Microwave Heating. S. M. Samec, Laetitia Mony, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 909.

 

1          Mechanism of hydrogen transfer to imines from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride. Support for a stepwise mechanism. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2004, 2748.

14        Cleavage of challenging chemical bonds in lignin enables biofuels, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1, 28-30

 

13        Kraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challenges, DDS Argyropoulos, C Crestini, C Dahlstrand, E Furusjö, C Gioia, K Jedvert, G Henriksson, C Hulteberg, M Lawoko, C Pierrou, JSM Samec, E Subbotina, H Wallmo, M Wimby, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202300492

 

12        Kraft lignin valorization: Biofuels and thermoset materials in focus, M Lawoko, JSM Samec, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, 40, 100738

 

11        Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers, MV Galkin, JSM Samec, ACS Central Science, 2023, 9, 128-130

 

10        Assessing Methodologies to Synthesize α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds by Green Chemistry Metrics, JSM Samec, J Margalef, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 808-823

 

9        Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining, MM Abu-Omar, K Barta, GT Beckham, JS Luterbacher, J Ralph, R Rinaldi, y. Román-Leshkov, JSM Samec, BF Sels, F. Wang, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 14, 262-292

 

8        Preface to Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Lignin Valorization: From Theory to Practice, RC Sun, JSM Samec, AJ Ragauskas, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4175-4180

 

7        Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-Type Cross-Coupling Reactions of π-Activated Alcohols, S Akkarasamiyo, S Ruchirawat, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synthesis, 2020, 52, 645-659

 

6        Intermolecular stereospecific substitution of underivatized enantioenriched secondary alcohols by organocatalysis, S Akkarasamiyo, JSM Samec, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 17908-17910

 

5        Holistic Approach for Converting Biomass to Fuels, JSM Samec, Chem, 2018, 4, 1199

 

4           Sustainable sources need reliable standards, Galkin, M. V.; Di Francesco, D.; Edlund, U.; Samec, J. S. M. Faraday Discussions 2017, 202, 281

 

3          Lignin valorization through catalytic lignocellulose fractionation: A fundamental platform for a future biorefinery, Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1544

 

2          Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Srifa, Pemikar; Olsson, Sandra K.; Huang, Genping; Biswas, Srijit; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synlett 2016; 27, 173-176

 

1          Mechanistic aspects of transition metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Pher G. Andersson, Peter Brandt,   Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 237

 

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Book chapters:

 

1-Hydroxytetraphenylcyclopentadienyl(tetraphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-one)-m hydrotetracarbonyldiruthenium(II). Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis. 2009, 7, 5557.

 

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Svensk tall skapar grön bensin SKOGSAKTUELLT 2017

Framtidens material och drivmedel snart här. Universitetsnytt, 2016

Lignin blir bensin med katalys. Kemivärlden, 2016

Trotsar krisen med bensin från lignin. Medverkande, NyTeknik, 2016, Published online 2016-03-02

Kamp för klokare kemikalier. contributed, Miljö&Utveckling, 2012, nummer 4, 24-26.

Växterna som byggsten i kemin. Joseph Samec, Kemi och Kemiteknik, Uppsala universitet, 2010, 2011, 2012

Vända molekyler kan återanvändas. Carl-Johan Bilkenroth, Joseph Samec, Svenska Dagbladet, 2007 11 25.

27        Method of producing lignin oil and dissolving cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass feedstock, Baddigam, Kiran Reddy; Di Francesco, Davide; Witthayolankowit, Kuntawit; Muangmeesri, Suthawan; Lebedeva, Daria; Samec, Joseph, WO2023020752 A1 2023-02-23

 

26        Lignin crosslinked with a polyunsaturated compound, Pierrou, Clara; Orebom, Alexander; Öst, Amalia; Samec, Joseph, WO2022003074 A1 2022-01-06

 

25        Lignin esterified with a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, Öst, Amalia; Sunden, Moa; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph; Dahlstrand, Christian, WO2022003073 A1 2022-01-06

 

24        Processes for obtaining substances from bark and a composition containing bark for use in the processes, Samec, Joseph; Kumaniaev, Ivan, PCT Int. Appl. (2020), WO 2020263170

 

23        Method of forming monomers and furfural from lignocellulose, J Subbotina, Elena, Velty, Alexandra, Corma, Avelino, Samec, WO (2020) 2,020,101,563

 

22        Composition of esterified lignin in hydrocarbon oil and preparing composition, Loefstedt, J.; Dahlstrand, C.; Orebom, A.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2019), WO 2019164447

 

21        Continuous production of fuel grade hydrocarbons by hydrotreatment of functionalized lignin, Dahlstrand, C.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018174793

 

20        Polymeric material comprising modified lignin, extruded or injection molded article and related methods, Samec, J.; Carrick, C.; Orebom, A.; Loefstedt, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018111183

 

19        Difunctional grafting agent based on phenolic backbone from lignin, Samec, J.; Orebom, A.; Galkin, M., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017184072

 

18        Process for making lignin composition, Carrick, C.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017084824/ Swed. (2017), SE 538954

 

17        Depolymerized lignin in hydrocarbon oil, Orebom, A.; Samec, J.; Verendel, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017095316

 

16         Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent, Loefstedt, J.; Paptchikine, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016204682/Swed. Pat. Appl. (2016), SE 2015050813

 

15        Ether functionalized lignin for fuel production and production of etherified lignin, Samec, J.; Löfstedt, J.; Orebom, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S., PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016072915 A1 20160512

 

 14        Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander, Swed. Pat. Appl. (2015), SE 2013051508 A1 20150617

 

 13        Depolymerisation of lignin Paptchikine, Alexander; Dahlstrand, Christian; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015199608

 

 12        Method for efficient extraction of lignin, Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137868 A1 20150917

 

11        Process for treating black liquor. C. Carrick, J. Samec, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137861 A1 20150917

 

10        Composition comprising fatty acids and esters of lignin. C. Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015094099 A1 20150625

 

9          Depolymerisation of lignin from biomass, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015080660 A1 20150604

 

8          Catalytic reductive cleavage of a β-O-4 bond of ethers or polyethers such as lignin, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim, PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014038989 A1 20140313

 

7          Composition of biomass materials for refining. C Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014116173 A1 20140731.

 

6          Cleavage of a β-O-4’ bond in monomeric or polymeric compounds Samec Joseph Galkin Maxim, Löfstedt Joakim,. PCT Int. appl. (2014) WO2014039002 A1 20140313.

 

5          Process for preparation of α-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols in one step Samec, Joseph; Biswas, Srijit PCT Int. Appl. (2013), WO 2013112104 A1 20130801.

 

4          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis, Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO 2012121659 A1 20120913, national phase.

 

3          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna Swed. Pat. (2012), SE 2011050204 A1 20120909

 

2          Method for improving properties of cellulose-based fibrous sheet-formed materials for use in medical goods. Samec, Joseph; Enquist, Karl; Cordova, Armando, Eur. Pat. Appl. (2011), EP 2309059 A1

 

1          Sheet-formed fibrous materials with improved strength properties. Armando Cordova, Jonas Hafren, Joseph Samec, Karl Enquist PCT Int.Appl. 2009, 27pp. WO  2009121926  A1  20091008 CAN 151:428068  AN 2009:1235700

 

80        Glycerol Ketal Biobased Product Preparation from Biomass-Derived Reactants Using an H-ZSM-5 Catalyst for Oil Color Painting Application, R Davisayahvorakul, S Muangmeesri, D Jiraroj, S Lohanut, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4598-4604

 

79        Recycling of Polyesters by Organocatalyzed Methanolysis Depolymerization: Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, S Muangmeesri, KR Baddigam, K Navare, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, K Witthayolankowit, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4114-4120

 

78        Valorization of Tops and Branches to Textile Fibers and Biofuel: Value Chain Explored Experimentally; Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, K Witthayolankowit, L Ramazanova, KR Baddigam, A Marson, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, D Lebedeva, S Muangmeesri,  MI Wide, D Kubička, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 526-533

 

77        Valorization of beetle infected spruce to produce textile fibers and biofuels: Environmental sustainability evaluated by life cycle assessment, K Witthayolankowit, A Marson, KR Baddigam, D Lebedeva, M Shaikh, A Kane, D Gupta, MI Wide, AP Mathew, D Kubička, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023,  470, 144179

 

76        Consequential life cycle assessment of kraft lignin recovery with chemical recycling, A Marson, JSM Samec, A Manzardo, Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 882, 163660

 

75        Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties, K Witthayolankowit, T Rakkijakan, R Ayub, I Kumaniaev, S Pourchet, G Boni, P Watjanatepin, H Zarafshani, X Gabrion, A Chevallier, N Vo, A Van Vuure, P Balaguer, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, V Placet, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023, 258, 110692

 

74        Concise Synthesis of 1, 4-Dideoxy-1, 4-imino-l-arabinitol (LAB) from d-Xylose by Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of a Hydroxy Group, S Akkarasamiyo, HPN Sakonnakhon, P Kuntiyong, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synlett, 2023, 34, 441-444

 

73        Hydrocarbons from kraft pulp pre-hydrolysis liquors in two steps using heterogeneous catalysis, D Lebedeva, JSM Samec, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 3637-3643

 

72        Citrated cellulose nanocrystals from post-consumer cotton textiles, MX Ruiz-Caldas, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, AK Hellström, J Hildenbrand, M Larsson, A Jaworski, JSM Samec, P Lahtinen, T Tammelin, AP Mathew, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023,  11, 6854-6868

 

71        Single-standard quantification strategy for lignin dimers by supercritical fluid chromatography with charged aerosol detection, D Papp, T Rukkijakan, D Lebedeva, T Nylander, M Sandahl, JSM Samec, C Turner, Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 95, 1436-1445

 

70        Synthesis of (Z)-Cinnamate Esters by Nickel-Catalyzed Stereoinvertive Deoxygenation of trans-3-Arylglycidates, S Akkarasamiyo, S Chitsomkhuan, S Buakaew, JSM Samec, P Chuawong, P Kuntiyong, Synlett, 2022, 33, 1353-1356

 

69        Lignin-first biorefining of Nordic poplar to produce cellulose fibers could displace cotton production on agricultural lands, A Adler, I Kumaniaev, A Karacic, KR Baddigam, RJ Hanes, E Subbotina, AW Bartling, AJ Huertas-Alonso, A Moreno, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, GT Beckham, JSM Samec, Joule, 2022, 6, 1845-1858

 

68        A New Family of Renewable Thermosets: Kraft Lignin Poly‐adipates, D Di Francesco, D Rigo, K Reddy Baddigam, AP Mathew, N Hedin, M Selva, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2022, 15, e202200326

 

67        Waste-to-Fuel approach: valorization of lignin from coconut coir pith, D Lebedeva, S Hijmans, AP Mathew, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2022, 2, 349-358

 

66        Cr/MCM-22 catalyst for the synthesis of levulinic acid from green hydrothermolysis of renewable biomass resources, I Mongkolpichayarak, D Jiraroj, W Anutrasakda, C Ngamcharussrivichai, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 405, 373-384

 

65        Holistic valorization of hemp through reductive catalytic fractionation, S Muangmeesri, N Li, D Georgouvelas, P Ouagne, V Placet, AP Mathew, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 17207-17213

 

64        Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin, E Subbotina, T Rukkijakan, MD Marquez-Medina, X Yu, M Johnsson, JSM Samec, Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 1118-1125

 

63        Selective decarboxylation of biobased fatty acids using a Ni-FSM-16 catalyst, D Jiraroj, O Jirarattanapochai, W Anutrasakda, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 291, 120050

 

62        Debottlenecking a pulp mill by producing biofuels from black liquor in three steps, D Di Francesco, C Dahlstrand, J Löfstedt, A Orebom, J Verendel, C Carrick, Å Håkansson, S Eriksson, H Rådberg, H Wallmo, M Wimby, F Huber, C Federsel, M Backmark, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 2414-2425

 

61        Thermal and mechanical properties of esterified lignin in various polymer blends, A Orebom, D Di Francesco, P Shakari, JSM Samec, C Pierrou, Molecules, 2021, 26, 3219

 

60        OrganoSoxhlet: circular fractionation to produce pulp for textiles using CO 2 as acid source, D Di Francesco, KR Baddigam, S Muangmeesri, JSM Samec, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 9401-9405

 

59        Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation, AW Bartling, ML Stone, RJ Hanes, A Bhatt, Y Zhang, MJ Biddy, R Davis, JS Kruger, NE Thornburg, JS Luterbacher, R Rinaldi, JSM Samec, BF Sels, Y Román-Leshkov, GT Beckham, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 4147-4168

 

58        Zeolite‐Assisted Lignin‐First Fractionation of Lignocellulose: Overcoming Lignin Recondensation through Shape‐Selective Catalysis, E Subbotina, A Velty, JSM Samec, A Corma, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4528-4536

 

57        A combination of experimental and computational methods to study the reactions during a Lignin-First approach, I Kumaniaev , E Subbotina , M Galkin, P Srifa , S Monti , I Mongkolpichayarak , DN Tungasmita and JSM Samec, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2020, 92, 631-639

 

56        H3PO2-Catalyzed Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Enantioenriched Secondary Alcohols by N-, O-, and S-Centered Nucleophiles to Generate Heterocycles, A Bunrit, P Srifa, T Rukkijakan, C Dahlstrand, G Huang, S Biswas, R Watile, JSM Samec, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 1344–1352

 

55        Conversion of birch bark to biofuels, I Kumaniaev, K Navare, NC Mendes, V Placet, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, Green chemistry, 2020, 22, 2255-2263

 

54        Intramolecular substitutions of secondary and tertiary alcohols with chirality transfer by an iron(III) catalyst, R. A. Watile, A. Bunrit, J. Margalef, S. Akkarasamiyo, R. Ayub, E. Lagerspets, S. Biswas, T. Repo,  J. S. M. Samec, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 3826

 

53        A high atom economic approach to prepare chiral alfa-sulfenylated ketones J. Margalef, R. A. Watile, T. Rukkijakan, J. S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 11219-11227

 

52        Nickel-​Catalyzed Suzuki-​Miyaura Cross-​Coupling Reaction of Naphthyl and Quinolyl Alcohols with Boronic Acids Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Margalef, Jessica; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 4782-4787.

 

51        Adsorption Isotherms of Lignin-​Derived Compounds on a Palladium Catalyst, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 6899-6906.

 

50        Functionalized spirolactones by photoinduced dearomatization of biaryl compounds Li, Hongji; Subbotina, Elena; Bunrit, Anon; Wang, Feng; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 3681-3686.

 

49         Lignin Valorization by Cobalt-​Catalyzed Fractionation of Lignocellulose to Yield Monophenolic Compounds Rautiainen, Sari; Di Francesco, Davide; Katea, Sarmad Naim; Westin, Gunnar; Tungasmita, Duangamol N.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 404-408.

 

48        Ductile Pd-​Catalysed Hydrodearomatization of Phenol-​Containing Bio-​Oils Into Either Ketones or Alcohols using PMHS and H2O as Hydrogen Source, Di Francesco, Davide; Subbotina, Elena; Rautiainen, Sari; Samec, Joseph S. M.  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018, 360, 3924-3929.

 

47          High Yields of Bio Oils from Hydrothermal Processing of Thin Black Liquor without the Use of Catalysts or Capping Agents, Orebom, Alexander; Verendel, J. Johan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 6757-6763.

 

46         Tsuji-​Trost Reaction of Non-​Derivatized Allylic Alcohols, Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Samec, Joseph S. M., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 3488

 

45         Pd-​Catalyzed Substitution of the OH Group of Nonderivatized Allylic Alcohols by Phenols, Rukkijakan, Thanya; Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M., Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 4099.

 

44         ReaxFF Simulations of Lignin Fragmentation on a Palladium-​Based Heterogeneous Catalyst in Methanol-​Water Solution, Monti, Susanna; Srifa, Pemikar; Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 5233-5239.

 

43        Valorization of Quercus suber Bark toward Hydrocarbon Bio-​Oil and 4-​Ethylguaiacol, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 5737-5742

 

42          Lignin depolymerization to monophenolic compounds in a flow-​through system, Kumaniaev, I.; Subbotina, E.; Sävmarker, J.; Larhed, M.; Galkin, M. V.; Samec, J. S. M. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 5767

 

41        Design and synthesis of biobased epoxy thermosets from biorenewable resources, François, C.; Pourchet, S.; Boni, G.; Rautiainen, S.; Samec, J.; Fournier, L.; Robert, C.; Thomas, C. M.; Fontaine, S.; Gaillard, Y.; Placet, V.; Plasseraud, L. C. R. Chimie, 2017, 1006

 

40        Pd/C-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Dibenzodioxocin Lignin Model Compounds Using Silanes and Water as Hydrogen Source, Subbotina, Elena; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 3726

 

39        Dual Gold(I)-catalyzed Cyclization of Dialkynyl Pyridinium Salts, Tsupova, Svetlana; Cadu, Alban; Stuck, Fabian; Rominger, Frank; Rudolph, Matthias; Samec, Joseph S. M.; Hashmi, A. Stephen K. ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 1915

 

38        Detecting Important Intermediates in Pd Catalyzed Depolymerization of a Lignin Model Compound by a Combination of DFT Calculations and Constrained Minima Hopping, P Srifa, M Galkin, JSM Samec, K Hermansson, P Broqvist, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 23469

 

37       Hydrogen-free catalytic fractionation of woody biomass Galkin, Maxim V.; Smit, Arjan T.; Subbotina, Elena; Artemenko, Konstantin A.; Bergquist, Jonas; Huijgen, Wouter J. J.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem,2016, 9, 3280

 

36        Diglycidylether of iso-eugenol: a suitable lignin-derived synthon for epoxy thermoset applications, Camille Francois, Sylvie Pourchet, Gilles Boni, Stephane Fontaine, Yves Gaillard, Vincent Placet, Maxim V. Galkin, Alexander Orebom, Joseph Samec* Laurent Plasseraud* RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 68732

 

35        Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps, Joakim Löfstedt, Christian Dahlstrand, Alexander Orebom, Gerrit Meuzelaar, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Maxim V. Galkin, Peter Agback, Martin Wimby, Elena Corresa, Yannick Mathieu, Laurent Sauvanaud, Sören Eriksson, Avelino Corma, Joseph S. M. Samec ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1392

 

34        A General Route to β-Substituted Pyrroles by Transition-Metal Catalysis Anon Bunrit, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Svetlana Tšupova, Per J. R. Sjöberg, and Joseph S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 1450.

 

 33       AN EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT ROUTE TO ENATIOENRICHED 1,4 SULFANYL ALCOHOLS, Sandra K. Olsson, Srijit Biswas, Joseph S. M. Samec, International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2015, 2,

 

32        Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Olsson, Sandra K.; Srifa, Pemikar; Huang, Genping; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per; Biswas, Srijit; Himo Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 4646.

 

31        Mild and robust redox neutral Pd/C catalyzed lignol β-O-4´ bond cleavage through a low energy barrier pathway, Galkin, Maxim V.; Dahlstrand, Christian, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 2187.

 

30        Selective Aerobic Benzylic Alcohol Oxidation of Lignin Model Compounds: Route to Aryl Ketones, Dawange, Monali; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 401.

 

29        One-Pot Synthesis of Keto Thioethers by Palladium/Gold-Catalyzed Click and Pinacol Reactions, Cadu, Alban; Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 5556.

 

28        Selective Route to 2-Propenyl aryls Directly from Wood by a Tandem Organosolv and Pd-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenolysis, Galkin, Maxim, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem 2014, 7, 2154.

 

27        Tandem Pd/Au-Catalyzed Route to α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Terminal Propargylic Alcohols and Thiols Biswas, Srijit; Watile, Rahul A.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 2159.

 

26        Mechanistic Insights into the Pd-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Allyl Alcohols: Evidence for an Outer-sphere Mechanism Involving a Palladium Hydride Intermediate Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Orthaber, Andreas; Matsson, Olle; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 1520.

 

25        Equilibrium Study of Pd(dba)2 and P(OPh)3 in the Pd-Catalyzed Allylation of Aniline by Allyl Alcohol Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Eriksson, Lars; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organometallics, 2014, 33, 249-253.

 

24        Mild Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Cleavage of β-O-4′-Ether Linkages of Lignin Model Compounds and Native Lignin in Air Galkin, Maxim V.; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Rohde, Volker; Dawange, Monali; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem, 2014, 6, 179-184

 

23        Atom-Efficient Gold(I)-Chloride-Catalyzed Synthesis of alpha-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Propargylic Alcohols and Aryl Thiols: Substrate Scope and Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Investigation Biswas, Srijit; Dahlstrand, Christian; Watile, Rahul A.; Kalek, Marcin; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry –A European Journal, 2013, 19, 17939-17950.

 

22        The Efficiency of the Metal Catalysts in the Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols is Dependent on the Nucleophile and Not on the Electrophile Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 974-981.

 

21        Pd-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Benzylic Alcohols by Formic Acid: A Mechanistic Study Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Lundstedt, Anna; Samec, Joseph S. M. ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 635-642.

 

20        An aqueous and recyclable copper(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Green Chemistry, 2013 15, 3176-3179.

 

19        A gold(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 6586-6588.

 

18        Iron(III)-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxy Group in Benzoin by Alcohols  Mirzaei, Anvar; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synthesis, 2012, 44, 1213-1218.

 

17        An atom efficient route to N-aryl and N-alkyl pyrrolines by transition metal catalysis.  Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 2548-2554.

 

16        A chemoselective route to either 4-methyl-2,4,-diphenyl-2-pentene or 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindan from 2-phenylpropan-2-ol medidated by BiBr₃: A mechanistic study. Fredrick Howard, Supaporn Sawadjoon and Joseph S. M. Samec, Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51, 4208-4210              

                                             

15        Latent Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring a Phosphine or an N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Benjamin K. Keitz, and Robert H. Grubbs, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010, 695, 1831-1837.

 

14        Quantitative Determination of the Regioselectivity of Nucleophilic Addition to eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Direct Observation of an Equilibrium between eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Rhenacyclobutenes. Charles P. Casey, Timothy M. Boller, Joseph S. M. Samec, John R. Reinert-Nash, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 123.

 

13        Ruthenium Carbene Complexes Bearing an Anionic Carboxylate Chelated to a Hemilabile Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14. 2686.

 

12      Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Commun. 2007, 2826.

 

11        A Salt Metathesis Route to Ruthenium Carbene Complex Isomers with Pyridine Dicarboxamide-derived Chelate Pincer Ligands. Carolin Wallenhorsta, Kirill V. Axenov, Gerald Kehr, Joseph S. M. Samec, Roland Fröhlich, Gerhard Erker Z. Naturforsch. 2007, 62b, 783.

 

10        DFT study of an inner-sphere mechanism in the hydrogen transfer from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride to imines.  Timofei Privalov, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 2840.

 

9        Mechanistic Study of Hydrogen Transfer to Imines from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride. Experimental Support for a Mechanism Involving Coordination of Imine to Ruthenium Prior to Hydrogen Transfer. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jenny B. Åberg, Timofei Privalov, Lars Eriksson,  and Jan-E. Bäckvall. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 14293.

 

8        Mechanistic investigation on the hydrogenation of imines by [p-(Me₂CH)C₆H₄Me]RuH(NH₂CHPhCHPhNSO₂C₆H₄–p-CH₃). Experimental support for an ionic pathway, Jenny B. Åberg, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Chem. Commun. 2006, 2771.

 

7        Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2327.

 

6          Dehydrogenation of aromatic amines to imines via ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer. Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M. Samec, Claudia Brasse, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2002, 1144.

 

5          An efficient and mild ruthenium-catalyzed racemization of amines: application to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure amines. Oscar Pàmies, Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M Samec, Nina Hermanns, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 4699.

 

4           Ruthenium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of imines by propan-2-ol in benzene. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2955.

 

3          Enantioselctive addition of aldehydes to amines via combined catalytic biomimetic oxidation and organocatalytic C-C- bond formation. Ismail Ibrahem, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Armando Córdova, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46,

 

2          Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Imines by Isopropanol under Controlled Microwave Heating. S. M. Samec, Laetitia Mony, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 909.

 

1          Mechanism of hydrogen transfer to imines from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride. Support for a stepwise mechanism. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2004, 2748.

14        Cleavage of challenging chemical bonds in lignin enables biofuels, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1, 28-30

 

13        Kraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challenges, DDS Argyropoulos, C Crestini, C Dahlstrand, E Furusjö, C Gioia, K Jedvert, G Henriksson, C Hulteberg, M Lawoko, C Pierrou, JSM Samec, E Subbotina, H Wallmo, M Wimby, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202300492

 

12        Kraft lignin valorization: Biofuels and thermoset materials in focus, M Lawoko, JSM Samec, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, 40, 100738

 

11        Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers, MV Galkin, JSM Samec, ACS Central Science, 2023, 9, 128-130

 

10        Assessing Methodologies to Synthesize α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds by Green Chemistry Metrics, JSM Samec, J Margalef, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 808-823

 

9        Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining, MM Abu-Omar, K Barta, GT Beckham, JS Luterbacher, J Ralph, R Rinaldi, y. Román-Leshkov, JSM Samec, BF Sels, F. Wang, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 14, 262-292

 

8        Preface to Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Lignin Valorization: From Theory to Practice, RC Sun, JSM Samec, AJ Ragauskas, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4175-4180

 

7        Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-Type Cross-Coupling Reactions of π-Activated Alcohols, S Akkarasamiyo, S Ruchirawat, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synthesis, 2020, 52, 645-659

 

6        Intermolecular stereospecific substitution of underivatized enantioenriched secondary alcohols by organocatalysis, S Akkarasamiyo, JSM Samec, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 17908-17910

 

5        Holistic Approach for Converting Biomass to Fuels, JSM Samec, Chem, 2018, 4, 1199

 

4           Sustainable sources need reliable standards, Galkin, M. V.; Di Francesco, D.; Edlund, U.; Samec, J. S. M. Faraday Discussions 2017, 202, 281

 

3          Lignin valorization through catalytic lignocellulose fractionation: A fundamental platform for a future biorefinery, Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1544

 

2          Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Srifa, Pemikar; Olsson, Sandra K.; Huang, Genping; Biswas, Srijit; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synlett 2016; 27, 173-176

 

1          Mechanistic aspects of transition metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Pher G. Andersson, Peter Brandt,   Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 237

 

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Book chapters:

 

1-Hydroxytetraphenylcyclopentadienyl(tetraphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-one)-m hydrotetracarbonyldiruthenium(II). Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis. 2009, 7, 5557.

 

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Popular scientific publications:

 

Barkborrevirke blir bomull. SKOGEN, 2023

Är våra framtida t-shirts gjorda av svenska träd. NyTeknik, 2022

Gröna bränslen vid Vallviks bruk, Dagens Nyheter, 2018

Svartlutslignin blir bioolja för gröna drivmedel SPCI, 2017

Fossilfritt. Lösningen finns i skogen ingenjören, 2017

Svensk tall skapar grön bensin SKOGSAKTUELLT 2017

Framtidens material och drivmedel snart här. Universitetsnytt, 2016

Lignin blir bensin med katalys. Kemivärlden, 2016

Trotsar krisen med bensin från lignin. Medverkande, NyTeknik, 2016, Published online 2016-03-02

Kamp för klokare kemikalier. contributed, Miljö&Utveckling, 2012, nummer 4, 24-26.

Växterna som byggsten i kemin. Joseph Samec, Kemi och Kemiteknik, Uppsala universitet, 2010, 2011, 2012

Vända molekyler kan återanvändas. Carl-Johan Bilkenroth, Joseph Samec, Svenska Dagbladet, 2007 11 25.

27        Method of producing lignin oil and dissolving cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass feedstock, Baddigam, Kiran Reddy; Di Francesco, Davide; Witthayolankowit, Kuntawit; Muangmeesri, Suthawan; Lebedeva, Daria; Samec, Joseph, WO2023020752 A1 2023-02-23

 

26        Lignin crosslinked with a polyunsaturated compound, Pierrou, Clara; Orebom, Alexander; Öst, Amalia; Samec, Joseph, WO2022003074 A1 2022-01-06

 

25        Lignin esterified with a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, Öst, Amalia; Sunden, Moa; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph; Dahlstrand, Christian, WO2022003073 A1 2022-01-06

 

24        Processes for obtaining substances from bark and a composition containing bark for use in the processes, Samec, Joseph; Kumaniaev, Ivan, PCT Int. Appl. (2020), WO 2020263170

 

23        Method of forming monomers and furfural from lignocellulose, J Subbotina, Elena, Velty, Alexandra, Corma, Avelino, Samec, WO (2020) 2,020,101,563

 

22        Composition of esterified lignin in hydrocarbon oil and preparing composition, Loefstedt, J.; Dahlstrand, C.; Orebom, A.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2019), WO 2019164447

 

21        Continuous production of fuel grade hydrocarbons by hydrotreatment of functionalized lignin, Dahlstrand, C.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018174793

 

20        Polymeric material comprising modified lignin, extruded or injection molded article and related methods, Samec, J.; Carrick, C.; Orebom, A.; Loefstedt, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018111183

 

19        Difunctional grafting agent based on phenolic backbone from lignin, Samec, J.; Orebom, A.; Galkin, M., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017184072

 

18        Process for making lignin composition, Carrick, C.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017084824/ Swed. (2017), SE 538954

 

17        Depolymerized lignin in hydrocarbon oil, Orebom, A.; Samec, J.; Verendel, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017095316

 

16         Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent, Loefstedt, J.; Paptchikine, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016204682/Swed. Pat. Appl. (2016), SE 2015050813

 

15        Ether functionalized lignin for fuel production and production of etherified lignin, Samec, J.; Löfstedt, J.; Orebom, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S., PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016072915 A1 20160512

 

 14        Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander, Swed. Pat. Appl. (2015), SE 2013051508 A1 20150617

 

 13        Depolymerisation of lignin Paptchikine, Alexander; Dahlstrand, Christian; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015199608

 

 12        Method for efficient extraction of lignin, Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137868 A1 20150917

 

11        Process for treating black liquor. C. Carrick, J. Samec, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137861 A1 20150917

 

10        Composition comprising fatty acids and esters of lignin. C. Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015094099 A1 20150625

 

9          Depolymerisation of lignin from biomass, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015080660 A1 20150604

 

8          Catalytic reductive cleavage of a β-O-4 bond of ethers or polyethers such as lignin, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim, PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014038989 A1 20140313

 

7          Composition of biomass materials for refining. C Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014116173 A1 20140731.

 

6          Cleavage of a β-O-4’ bond in monomeric or polymeric compounds Samec Joseph Galkin Maxim, Löfstedt Joakim,. PCT Int. appl. (2014) WO2014039002 A1 20140313.

 

5          Process for preparation of α-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols in one step Samec, Joseph; Biswas, Srijit PCT Int. Appl. (2013), WO 2013112104 A1 20130801.

 

4          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis, Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO 2012121659 A1 20120913, national phase.

 

3          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna Swed. Pat. (2012), SE 2011050204 A1 20120909

 

2          Method for improving properties of cellulose-based fibrous sheet-formed materials for use in medical goods. Samec, Joseph; Enquist, Karl; Cordova, Armando, Eur. Pat. Appl. (2011), EP 2309059 A1

 

1          Sheet-formed fibrous materials with improved strength properties. Armando Cordova, Jonas Hafren, Joseph Samec, Karl Enquist PCT Int.Appl. 2009, 27pp. WO  2009121926  A1  20091008 CAN 151:428068  AN 2009:1235700

 

2017

• April: Literature Digest, April 2017
• May: Literature Digest, May 2017
• June: Literature Digest. June 2017
• July: Literature Digest. July 2017
• August: Literature Digest. August 2017
• September: Literature Digest, September 2017
• October: Literature Digest, October 2017
• November:  Literature Digest, November 2017
• December: Literature digest, December 2017

2018

• January: Literature digest, January 2018
• February: Literature digest, February 2018
• March: Literature digest, March 2018
• April: Literature digest, April 2018
• May: Literature digest, May 2018

80        Glycerol Ketal Biobased Product Preparation from Biomass-Derived Reactants Using an H-ZSM-5 Catalyst for Oil Color Painting Application, R Davisayahvorakul, S Muangmeesri, D Jiraroj, S Lohanut, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4598-4604

 

79        Recycling of Polyesters by Organocatalyzed Methanolysis Depolymerization: Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, S Muangmeesri, KR Baddigam, K Navare, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, K Witthayolankowit, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 4114-4120

 

78        Valorization of Tops and Branches to Textile Fibers and Biofuel: Value Chain Explored Experimentally; Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment, K Witthayolankowit, L Ramazanova, KR Baddigam, A Marson, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, D Lebedeva, S Muangmeesri,  MI Wide, D Kubička, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 12, 526-533

 

77        Valorization of beetle infected spruce to produce textile fibers and biofuels: Environmental sustainability evaluated by life cycle assessment, K Witthayolankowit, A Marson, KR Baddigam, D Lebedeva, M Shaikh, A Kane, D Gupta, MI Wide, AP Mathew, D Kubička, A Manzardo, JSM Samec, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023,  470, 144179

 

76        Consequential life cycle assessment of kraft lignin recovery with chemical recycling, A Marson, JSM Samec, A Manzardo, Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 882, 163660

 

75        Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties, K Witthayolankowit, T Rakkijakan, R Ayub, I Kumaniaev, S Pourchet, G Boni, P Watjanatepin, H Zarafshani, X Gabrion, A Chevallier, N Vo, A Van Vuure, P Balaguer, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, V Placet, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023, 258, 110692

 

74        Concise Synthesis of 1, 4-Dideoxy-1, 4-imino-l-arabinitol (LAB) from d-Xylose by Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of a Hydroxy Group, S Akkarasamiyo, HPN Sakonnakhon, P Kuntiyong, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synlett, 2023, 34, 441-444

 

73        Hydrocarbons from kraft pulp pre-hydrolysis liquors in two steps using heterogeneous catalysis, D Lebedeva, JSM Samec, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 3637-3643

 

72        Citrated cellulose nanocrystals from post-consumer cotton textiles, MX Ruiz-Caldas, V Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, AK Hellström, J Hildenbrand, M Larsson, A Jaworski, JSM Samec, P Lahtinen, T Tammelin, AP Mathew, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023,  11, 6854-6868

 

71        Single-standard quantification strategy for lignin dimers by supercritical fluid chromatography with charged aerosol detection, D Papp, T Rukkijakan, D Lebedeva, T Nylander, M Sandahl, JSM Samec, C Turner, Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 95, 1436-1445

 

70        Synthesis of (Z)-Cinnamate Esters by Nickel-Catalyzed Stereoinvertive Deoxygenation of trans-3-Arylglycidates, S Akkarasamiyo, S Chitsomkhuan, S Buakaew, JSM Samec, P Chuawong, P Kuntiyong, Synlett, 2022, 33, 1353-1356

 

69        Lignin-first biorefining of Nordic poplar to produce cellulose fibers could displace cotton production on agricultural lands, A Adler, I Kumaniaev, A Karacic, KR Baddigam, RJ Hanes, E Subbotina, AW Bartling, AJ Huertas-Alonso, A Moreno, H Håkansson, AP Mathew, GT Beckham, JSM Samec, Joule, 2022, 6, 1845-1858

 

68        A New Family of Renewable Thermosets: Kraft Lignin Poly‐adipates, D Di Francesco, D Rigo, K Reddy Baddigam, AP Mathew, N Hedin, M Selva, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2022, 15, e202200326

 

67        Waste-to-Fuel approach: valorization of lignin from coconut coir pith, D Lebedeva, S Hijmans, AP Mathew, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2022, 2, 349-358

 

66        Cr/MCM-22 catalyst for the synthesis of levulinic acid from green hydrothermolysis of renewable biomass resources, I Mongkolpichayarak, D Jiraroj, W Anutrasakda, C Ngamcharussrivichai, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 405, 373-384

 

65        Holistic valorization of hemp through reductive catalytic fractionation, S Muangmeesri, N Li, D Georgouvelas, P Ouagne, V Placet, AP Mathew, JSM Samec, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 17207-17213

 

64        Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin, E Subbotina, T Rukkijakan, MD Marquez-Medina, X Yu, M Johnsson, JSM Samec, Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 1118-1125

 

63        Selective decarboxylation of biobased fatty acids using a Ni-FSM-16 catalyst, D Jiraroj, O Jirarattanapochai, W Anutrasakda, JSM Samec, DN Tungasmita, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 291, 120050

 

62        Debottlenecking a pulp mill by producing biofuels from black liquor in three steps, D Di Francesco, C Dahlstrand, J Löfstedt, A Orebom, J Verendel, C Carrick, Å Håkansson, S Eriksson, H Rådberg, H Wallmo, M Wimby, F Huber, C Federsel, M Backmark, JSM Samec, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 2414-2425

 

61        Thermal and mechanical properties of esterified lignin in various polymer blends, A Orebom, D Di Francesco, P Shakari, JSM Samec, C Pierrou, Molecules, 2021, 26, 3219

 

60        OrganoSoxhlet: circular fractionation to produce pulp for textiles using CO 2 as acid source, D Di Francesco, KR Baddigam, S Muangmeesri, JSM Samec, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 9401-9405

 

59        Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation, AW Bartling, ML Stone, RJ Hanes, A Bhatt, Y Zhang, MJ Biddy, R Davis, JS Kruger, NE Thornburg, JS Luterbacher, R Rinaldi, JSM Samec, BF Sels, Y Román-Leshkov, GT Beckham, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 4147-4168

 

58        Zeolite‐Assisted Lignin‐First Fractionation of Lignocellulose: Overcoming Lignin Recondensation through Shape‐Selective Catalysis, E Subbotina, A Velty, JSM Samec, A Corma, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4528-4536

 

57        A combination of experimental and computational methods to study the reactions during a Lignin-First approach, I Kumaniaev , E Subbotina , M Galkin, P Srifa , S Monti , I Mongkolpichayarak , DN Tungasmita and JSM Samec, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2020, 92, 631-639

 

56        H3PO2-Catalyzed Intramolecular Stereospecific Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Enantioenriched Secondary Alcohols by N-, O-, and S-Centered Nucleophiles to Generate Heterocycles, A Bunrit, P Srifa, T Rukkijakan, C Dahlstrand, G Huang, S Biswas, R Watile, JSM Samec, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 1344–1352

 

55        Conversion of birch bark to biofuels, I Kumaniaev, K Navare, NC Mendes, V Placet, K Van Acker, JSM Samec, Green chemistry, 2020, 22, 2255-2263

 

54        Intramolecular substitutions of secondary and tertiary alcohols with chirality transfer by an iron(III) catalyst, R. A. Watile, A. Bunrit, J. Margalef, S. Akkarasamiyo, R. Ayub, E. Lagerspets, S. Biswas, T. Repo,  J. S. M. Samec, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 3826

 

53        A high atom economic approach to prepare chiral alfa-sulfenylated ketones J. Margalef, R. A. Watile, T. Rukkijakan, J. S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 11219-11227

 

52        Nickel-​Catalyzed Suzuki-​Miyaura Cross-​Coupling Reaction of Naphthyl and Quinolyl Alcohols with Boronic Acids Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Margalef, Jessica; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 4782-4787.

 

51        Adsorption Isotherms of Lignin-​Derived Compounds on a Palladium Catalyst, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 6899-6906.

 

50        Functionalized spirolactones by photoinduced dearomatization of biaryl compounds Li, Hongji; Subbotina, Elena; Bunrit, Anon; Wang, Feng; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 3681-3686.

 

49         Lignin Valorization by Cobalt-​Catalyzed Fractionation of Lignocellulose to Yield Monophenolic Compounds Rautiainen, Sari; Di Francesco, Davide; Katea, Sarmad Naim; Westin, Gunnar; Tungasmita, Duangamol N.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 404-408.

 

48        Ductile Pd-​Catalysed Hydrodearomatization of Phenol-​Containing Bio-​Oils Into Either Ketones or Alcohols using PMHS and H2O as Hydrogen Source, Di Francesco, Davide; Subbotina, Elena; Rautiainen, Sari; Samec, Joseph S. M.  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018, 360, 3924-3929.

 

47          High Yields of Bio Oils from Hydrothermal Processing of Thin Black Liquor without the Use of Catalysts or Capping Agents, Orebom, Alexander; Verendel, J. Johan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 6757-6763.

 

46         Tsuji-​Trost Reaction of Non-​Derivatized Allylic Alcohols, Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Samec, Joseph S. M., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 3488

 

45         Pd-​Catalyzed Substitution of the OH Group of Nonderivatized Allylic Alcohols by Phenols, Rukkijakan, Thanya; Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M., Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 4099.

 

44         ReaxFF Simulations of Lignin Fragmentation on a Palladium-​Based Heterogeneous Catalyst in Methanol-​Water Solution, Monti, Susanna; Srifa, Pemikar; Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 5233-5239.

 

43        Valorization of Quercus suber Bark toward Hydrocarbon Bio-​Oil and 4-​Ethylguaiacol, Kumaniaev, Ivan; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 5737-5742

 

42          Lignin depolymerization to monophenolic compounds in a flow-​through system, Kumaniaev, I.; Subbotina, E.; Sävmarker, J.; Larhed, M.; Galkin, M. V.; Samec, J. S. M. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 5767

 

41        Design and synthesis of biobased epoxy thermosets from biorenewable resources, François, C.; Pourchet, S.; Boni, G.; Rautiainen, S.; Samec, J.; Fournier, L.; Robert, C.; Thomas, C. M.; Fontaine, S.; Gaillard, Y.; Placet, V.; Plasseraud, L. C. R. Chimie, 2017, 1006

 

40        Pd/C-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Dibenzodioxocin Lignin Model Compounds Using Silanes and Water as Hydrogen Source, Subbotina, Elena; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 3726

 

39        Dual Gold(I)-catalyzed Cyclization of Dialkynyl Pyridinium Salts, Tsupova, Svetlana; Cadu, Alban; Stuck, Fabian; Rominger, Frank; Rudolph, Matthias; Samec, Joseph S. M.; Hashmi, A. Stephen K. ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 1915

 

38        Detecting Important Intermediates in Pd Catalyzed Depolymerization of a Lignin Model Compound by a Combination of DFT Calculations and Constrained Minima Hopping, P Srifa, M Galkin, JSM Samec, K Hermansson, P Broqvist, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 23469

 

37       Hydrogen-free catalytic fractionation of woody biomass Galkin, Maxim V.; Smit, Arjan T.; Subbotina, Elena; Artemenko, Konstantin A.; Bergquist, Jonas; Huijgen, Wouter J. J.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem,2016, 9, 3280

 

36        Diglycidylether of iso-eugenol: a suitable lignin-derived synthon for epoxy thermoset applications, Camille Francois, Sylvie Pourchet, Gilles Boni, Stephane Fontaine, Yves Gaillard, Vincent Placet, Maxim V. Galkin, Alexander Orebom, Joseph Samec* Laurent Plasseraud* RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 68732

 

35        Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps, Joakim Löfstedt, Christian Dahlstrand, Alexander Orebom, Gerrit Meuzelaar, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Maxim V. Galkin, Peter Agback, Martin Wimby, Elena Corresa, Yannick Mathieu, Laurent Sauvanaud, Sören Eriksson, Avelino Corma, Joseph S. M. Samec ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1392

 

34        A General Route to β-Substituted Pyrroles by Transition-Metal Catalysis Anon Bunrit, Supaporn Sawadjoon, Svetlana Tšupova, Per J. R. Sjöberg, and Joseph S. M. Samec J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 1450.

 

 33       AN EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT ROUTE TO ENATIOENRICHED 1,4 SULFANYL ALCOHOLS, Sandra K. Olsson, Srijit Biswas, Joseph S. M. Samec, International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2015, 2,

 

32        Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Olsson, Sandra K.; Srifa, Pemikar; Huang, Genping; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per; Biswas, Srijit; Himo Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Journal of American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 4646.

 

31        Mild and robust redox neutral Pd/C catalyzed lignol β-O-4´ bond cleavage through a low energy barrier pathway, Galkin, Maxim V.; Dahlstrand, Christian, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 2187.

 

30        Selective Aerobic Benzylic Alcohol Oxidation of Lignin Model Compounds: Route to Aryl Ketones, Dawange, Monali; Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 401.

 

29        One-Pot Synthesis of Keto Thioethers by Palladium/Gold-Catalyzed Click and Pinacol Reactions, Cadu, Alban; Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 5556.

 

28        Selective Route to 2-Propenyl aryls Directly from Wood by a Tandem Organosolv and Pd-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenolysis, Galkin, Maxim, Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemSusChem 2014, 7, 2154.

 

27        Tandem Pd/Au-Catalyzed Route to α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Terminal Propargylic Alcohols and Thiols Biswas, Srijit; Watile, Rahul A.; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 2159.

 

26        Mechanistic Insights into the Pd-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Allyl Alcohols: Evidence for an Outer-sphere Mechanism Involving a Palladium Hydride Intermediate Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Orthaber, Andreas; Matsson, Olle; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 1520.

 

25        Equilibrium Study of Pd(dba)2 and P(OPh)3 in the Pd-Catalyzed Allylation of Aniline by Allyl Alcohol Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Orthaber, Andreas; Sjöberg, Per J. R.; Eriksson, Lars; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organometallics, 2014, 33, 249-253.

 

24        Mild Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Cleavage of β-O-4′-Ether Linkages of Lignin Model Compounds and Native Lignin in Air Galkin, Maxim V.; Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Rohde, Volker; Dawange, Monali; Samec, Joseph S. M. ChemCatChem, 2014, 6, 179-184

 

23        Atom-Efficient Gold(I)-Chloride-Catalyzed Synthesis of alpha-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds from Propargylic Alcohols and Aryl Thiols: Substrate Scope and Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Investigation Biswas, Srijit; Dahlstrand, Christian; Watile, Rahul A.; Kalek, Marcin; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry –A European Journal, 2013, 19, 17939-17950.

 

22        The Efficiency of the Metal Catalysts in the Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols is Dependent on the Nucleophile and Not on the Electrophile Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 974-981.

 

21        Pd-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Benzylic Alcohols by Formic Acid: A Mechanistic Study Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Lundstedt, Anna; Samec, Joseph S. M. ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 635-642.

 

20        An aqueous and recyclable copper(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Watile, Rahul A.; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Green Chemistry, 2013 15, 3176-3179.

 

19        A gold(I)-catalyzed route to alpha-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols and aryl thiols. Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 6586-6588.

 

18        Iron(III)-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxy Group in Benzoin by Alcohols  Mirzaei, Anvar; Biswas, Srijit; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synthesis, 2012, 44, 1213-1218.

 

17        An atom efficient route to N-aryl and N-alkyl pyrrolines by transition metal catalysis.  Sawadjoon, Supaporn; Samec, Joseph S. M. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 2548-2554.

 

16        A chemoselective route to either 4-methyl-2,4,-diphenyl-2-pentene or 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindan from 2-phenylpropan-2-ol medidated by BiBr₃: A mechanistic study. Fredrick Howard, Supaporn Sawadjoon and Joseph S. M. Samec, Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51, 4208-4210              

                                             

15        Latent Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring a Phosphine or an N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Benjamin K. Keitz, and Robert H. Grubbs, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010, 695, 1831-1837.

 

14        Quantitative Determination of the Regioselectivity of Nucleophilic Addition to eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Direct Observation of an Equilibrium between eta(3)-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Rhenacyclobutenes. Charles P. Casey, Timothy M. Boller, Joseph S. M. Samec, John R. Reinert-Nash, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 123.

 

13        Ruthenium Carbene Complexes Bearing an Anionic Carboxylate Chelated to a Hemilabile Ligand. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14. 2686.

 

12      Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes. Joseph S. M. Samec, Robert H. Grubbs, Chem. Commun. 2007, 2826.

 

11        A Salt Metathesis Route to Ruthenium Carbene Complex Isomers with Pyridine Dicarboxamide-derived Chelate Pincer Ligands. Carolin Wallenhorsta, Kirill V. Axenov, Gerald Kehr, Joseph S. M. Samec, Roland Fröhlich, Gerhard Erker Z. Naturforsch. 2007, 62b, 783.

 

10        DFT study of an inner-sphere mechanism in the hydrogen transfer from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride to imines.  Timofei Privalov, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 2840.

 

9        Mechanistic Study of Hydrogen Transfer to Imines from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride. Experimental Support for a Mechanism Involving Coordination of Imine to Ruthenium Prior to Hydrogen Transfer. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jenny B. Åberg, Timofei Privalov, Lars Eriksson,  and Jan-E. Bäckvall. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 14293.

 

8        Mechanistic investigation on the hydrogenation of imines by [p-(Me₂CH)C₆H₄Me]RuH(NH₂CHPhCHPhNSO₂C₆H₄–p-CH₃). Experimental support for an ionic pathway, Jenny B. Åberg, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Chem. Commun. 2006, 2771.

 

7        Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2327.

 

6          Dehydrogenation of aromatic amines to imines via ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer. Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M. Samec, Claudia Brasse, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2002, 1144.

 

5          An efficient and mild ruthenium-catalyzed racemization of amines: application to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure amines. Oscar Pàmies, Alida H. Éll, Joseph S. M Samec, Nina Hermanns, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 4699.

 

4           Ruthenium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of imines by propan-2-ol in benzene. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2955.

 

3          Enantioselctive addition of aldehydes to amines via combined catalytic biomimetic oxidation and organocatalytic C-C- bond formation. Ismail Ibrahem, Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Armando Córdova, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46,

 

2          Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Imines by Isopropanol under Controlled Microwave Heating. S. M. Samec, Laetitia Mony, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 909.

 

1          Mechanism of hydrogen transfer to imines from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium hydride. Support for a stepwise mechanism. Joseph S. M. Samec, Alida H. Éll, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Commun. 2004, 2748.

14        Cleavage of challenging chemical bonds in lignin enables biofuels, E Subbotina, JSM Samec, Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1, 28-30

 

13        Kraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challenges, DDS Argyropoulos, C Crestini, C Dahlstrand, E Furusjö, C Gioia, K Jedvert, G Henriksson, C Hulteberg, M Lawoko, C Pierrou, JSM Samec, E Subbotina, H Wallmo, M Wimby, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202300492

 

12        Kraft lignin valorization: Biofuels and thermoset materials in focus, M Lawoko, JSM Samec, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, 40, 100738

 

11        Alexandrian Cut in Downstream Lignin Valorization to Yield Novel Plasticizers, MV Galkin, JSM Samec, ACS Central Science, 2023, 9, 128-130

 

10        Assessing Methodologies to Synthesize α-Sulfenylated Carbonyl Compounds by Green Chemistry Metrics, JSM Samec, J Margalef, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 808-823

 

9        Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining, MM Abu-Omar, K Barta, GT Beckham, JS Luterbacher, J Ralph, R Rinaldi, y. Román-Leshkov, JSM Samec, BF Sels, F. Wang, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 14, 262-292

 

8        Preface to Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Lignin Valorization: From Theory to Practice, RC Sun, JSM Samec, AJ Ragauskas, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 4175-4180

 

7        Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-Type Cross-Coupling Reactions of π-Activated Alcohols, S Akkarasamiyo, S Ruchirawat, P Ploypradith, JSM Samec, Synthesis, 2020, 52, 645-659

 

6        Intermolecular stereospecific substitution of underivatized enantioenriched secondary alcohols by organocatalysis, S Akkarasamiyo, JSM Samec, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 17908-17910

 

5        Holistic Approach for Converting Biomass to Fuels, JSM Samec, Chem, 2018, 4, 1199

 

4           Sustainable sources need reliable standards, Galkin, M. V.; Di Francesco, D.; Edlund, U.; Samec, J. S. M. Faraday Discussions 2017, 202, 281

 

3          Lignin valorization through catalytic lignocellulose fractionation: A fundamental platform for a future biorefinery, Galkin, Maxim V.; Samec, Joseph S. M., ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 1544

 

2          Nucleophilic Substitution of the Hydroxyl Group in Stereogenic Alcohols with Chirality Transfer, Bunrit, Anon; Dahlstrand, Christian; Srifa, Pemikar; Olsson, Sandra K.; Huang, Genping; Biswas, Srijit; Himo, Fahmi; Samec, Joseph S. M. Synlett 2016; 27, 173-176

 

1          Mechanistic aspects of transition metal-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Pher G. Andersson, Peter Brandt,   Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 237

 

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Book chapters:

 

1-Hydroxytetraphenylcyclopentadienyl(tetraphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-one)-m hydrotetracarbonyldiruthenium(II). Joseph S. M. Samec, Jan-E. Bäckvall, Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis. 2009, 7, 5557.

 

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Popular scientific publications:

 

Barkborrevirke blir bomull. SKOGEN, 2023

Är våra framtida t-shirts gjorda av svenska träd. NyTeknik, 2022

Gröna bränslen vid Vallviks bruk, Dagens Nyheter, 2018

Svartlutslignin blir bioolja för gröna drivmedel SPCI, 2017

Fossilfritt. Lösningen finns i skogen ingenjören, 2017

Svensk tall skapar grön bensin SKOGSAKTUELLT 2017

Framtidens material och drivmedel snart här. Universitetsnytt, 2016

Lignin blir bensin med katalys. Kemivärlden, 2016

Trotsar krisen med bensin från lignin. Medverkande, NyTeknik, 2016, Published online 2016-03-02

Kamp för klokare kemikalier. contributed, Miljö&Utveckling, 2012, nummer 4, 24-26.

Växterna som byggsten i kemin. Joseph Samec, Kemi och Kemiteknik, Uppsala universitet, 2010, 2011, 2012

Vända molekyler kan återanvändas. Carl-Johan Bilkenroth, Joseph Samec, Svenska Dagbladet, 2007 11 25.

27        Method of producing lignin oil and dissolving cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass feedstock, Baddigam, Kiran Reddy; Di Francesco, Davide; Witthayolankowit, Kuntawit; Muangmeesri, Suthawan; Lebedeva, Daria; Samec, Joseph, WO2023020752 A1 2023-02-23

 

26        Lignin crosslinked with a polyunsaturated compound, Pierrou, Clara; Orebom, Alexander; Öst, Amalia; Samec, Joseph, WO2022003074 A1 2022-01-06

 

25        Lignin esterified with a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, Öst, Amalia; Sunden, Moa; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph; Dahlstrand, Christian, WO2022003073 A1 2022-01-06

 

24        Processes for obtaining substances from bark and a composition containing bark for use in the processes, Samec, Joseph; Kumaniaev, Ivan, PCT Int. Appl. (2020), WO 2020263170

 

23        Method of forming monomers and furfural from lignocellulose, J Subbotina, Elena, Velty, Alexandra, Corma, Avelino, Samec, WO (2020) 2,020,101,563

 

22        Composition of esterified lignin in hydrocarbon oil and preparing composition, Loefstedt, J.; Dahlstrand, C.; Orebom, A.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2019), WO 2019164447

 

21        Continuous production of fuel grade hydrocarbons by hydrotreatment of functionalized lignin, Dahlstrand, C.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018174793

 

20        Polymeric material comprising modified lignin, extruded or injection molded article and related methods, Samec, J.; Carrick, C.; Orebom, A.; Loefstedt, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2018), WO 2018111183

 

19        Difunctional grafting agent based on phenolic backbone from lignin, Samec, J.; Orebom, A.; Galkin, M., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017184072

 

18        Process for making lignin composition, Carrick, C.; Samec, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017084824/ Swed. (2017), SE 538954

 

17        Depolymerized lignin in hydrocarbon oil, Orebom, A.; Samec, J.; Verendel, J., PCT Int. Appl. (2017), WO 2017095316

 

16         Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent, Loefstedt, J.; Paptchikine, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S.; Samec, J. PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016204682/Swed. Pat. Appl. (2016), SE 2015050813

 

15        Ether functionalized lignin for fuel production and production of etherified lignin, Samec, J.; Löfstedt, J.; Orebom, A.; Dahlstrand, C.; Sawadjoon, S., PCT Int. Appl. (2016), WO 2016072915 A1 20160512

 

 14        Composition comprising esters of lignin and organic solvent Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander, Swed. Pat. Appl. (2015), SE 2013051508 A1 20150617

 

 13        Depolymerisation of lignin Paptchikine, Alexander; Dahlstrand, Christian; Loefstedt, Joakim; Samec, Joseph, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015199608

 

 12        Method for efficient extraction of lignin, Samec, Joseph; Loefstedt, Joakim; Dahlstrand, Christian; Paptchikine, Alexander; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137868 A1 20150917

 

11        Process for treating black liquor. C. Carrick, J. Samec, PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015137861 A1 20150917

 

10        Composition comprising fatty acids and esters of lignin. C. Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015094099 A1 20150625

 

9          Depolymerisation of lignin from biomass, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim PCT Int. Appl. (2015), WO 2015080660 A1 20150604

 

8          Catalytic reductive cleavage of a β-O-4 bond of ethers or polyethers such as lignin, Samec, Joseph; Galkin, Maxim, PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014038989 A1 20140313

 

7          Composition of biomass materials for refining. C Dahlstrand, A. Paptchikine, J. Löfstedt, J. Samec. PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO 2014116173 A1 20140731.

 

6          Cleavage of a β-O-4’ bond in monomeric or polymeric compounds Samec Joseph Galkin Maxim, Löfstedt Joakim,. PCT Int. appl. (2014) WO2014039002 A1 20140313.

 

5          Process for preparation of α-sulfenylated carbonyl compounds from propargylic alcohols in one step Samec, Joseph; Biswas, Srijit PCT Int. Appl. (2013), WO 2013112104 A1 20130801.

 

4          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis, Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna; Sawadjoon, Supaporn, PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO 2012121659 A1 20120913, national phase.

 

3          Reduction of C-O bonds by catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis Samec, Joseph; Lundstedt, Anna Swed. Pat. (2012), SE 2011050204 A1 20120909

 

2          Method for improving properties of cellulose-based fibrous sheet-formed materials for use in medical goods. Samec, Joseph; Enquist, Karl; Cordova, Armando, Eur. Pat. Appl. (2011), EP 2309059 A1

 

1          Sheet-formed fibrous materials with improved strength properties. Armando Cordova, Jonas Hafren, Joseph Samec, Karl Enquist PCT Int.Appl. 2009, 27pp. WO  2009121926  A1  20091008 CAN 151:428068  AN 2009:1235700

 

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