Controlled release systems of agrochemicals have been developed in recent years. However, the design intelligent nanocarriers that can be manufactured with renewable and low-cost materials is still a challenge for agricultural applications. Lignocellulosic building blocks (cellulose, lignin, hemicellulose) are ideal candidates to manufacture ecofriendly given their low-cost, abundancy sustainab...

Carbon–carbon cross-coupling reactions are among the most important processes in organic chemistry and Suzuki–Miyaura reactions are the most widely used protocols. For a decade, green chemistry and particularly catalysis and continuous flow, have shown immense potential in achieving the goals of “greener synthesis”. To date, it seems difficult to conceive the chemistry of the 21st century witho...

Resistance to pesticides is an increasing problem in agriculture. Despite practices such as phased use and cycling of 'orthogonally resistant' agents, resistance remains a major risk to national and global food security. To combat this problem, there is a need for both new approaches for pesticide design, as well as for novel chemical entities themselves. As summarized in this opinion article, ...

This study focused on the dissipation of propanil and 3,4 dichloroaniline (3,4 DCA) over time in the soil, field water, inlet water, and outlet water of paddy fields under three management systems: conventional water seeding (CON), conventional water seeding with supplied liquid manure (LMA), and dry seeding (DRY). Propanil dissipation in water was also investigated under laboratory conditions....

Pyrazolines and pyrazolidines represent two important classes of five-membered N-heterocycles found in many natural products, agrochemicals and biologically active molecules. Over the past decades, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the development of efficient methods for efficient construction of these scaffolds. However, the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of pyrazolines and pyrazolidine...