@article{KirchheckerTroegerMuellerBakeetal.2015,
  author    = {Kirchhecker, Sarah and Tr{\"o}ger-M{\"u}ller, Steffen and Bake, Sebastian and Antonietti, Markus and Taubert, Andreas and Esposito, Davide},
  title     = {Renewable pyridinium ionic liquids from the continuous hydrothermal decarboxylation of furfural-amino acid derived pyridinium zwitterions},
  series = {Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1463-9262},
  doi       = {10.1039/c5gc00913h},
  pages     = {4151 -- 4156},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Fully renewable pyridinium ionic liquids were synthesised via the hydrothermal decarboxylation of pyridinium zwitterions derived from furfural and amino acids in flow. The functionality of the resulting ionic liquid (IL) can be tuned by choice of different amino acids as well as different natural carboxylic acids as the counter-ions. A representative member of this new class of ionic liquids was successfully used for the synthesis of ionogels and as a solvent for the Heck coupling.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SteeplesKellingSchildeetal.2016,
  author    = {Steeples, Elliot and Kelling, Alexandra and Schilde, Uwe and Esposito, Davide},
  title     = {Amino acid-derived N-heterocyclic carbene palladium complexes for aqueous phase Suzuki-Miyaura couplings},
  series = {New journal of chemistry},
  volume    = {40},
  journal   = {New journal of chemistry},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1144-0546},
  doi       = {10.1039/c5nj03337c},
  pages     = {4922 -- 4930},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In this work, three ligands produced from amino acids were synthesized and used to produce five bis- and PEPPSI-type palladium-NHC complexes using a novel synthesis route from sustainable starting materials. Three of these complexes were used as precatalysts in the aqueous-phase Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of various substrates displaying high activity. TEM and mercury poisoning experiments provide evidence for Pd-nanoparticle formation stabilized in water.},
  language  = {en}
}