Lei Zhong

Nov 29, 2024 | mdpi.com | Li Peng |Weijie Ma |Lei Zhong |Jiaru Yang

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Jun 20, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Meng Lu |Lei Zhong |Yin Wang |Xiaohui Yang

Preparation of a reactive flame retardant by functional modification of lignin and its application in phenolic foam With the emergence of new standards for fire prevention, phenolic foam has attracted increasing attention due to its satisfactory cleanliness and flame retardancy. With the increasing exhaustion of fossil energy and environmental problems, finding renewable energy sources to replace petroleum-derived phenol has become a new research hotspot.

Nov 20, 2023 | spglobal.com | Lei Zhong

The focus for oil markets this week looks set to be Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting in Vienna. Ministers will attempt to hammer out production quotas against an exceptionally volatile backdrop. On the demand side, OPEC’s latest forecast is for "healthy" growth of 2.2 million b/d next year. S&P Global Commodity Insights puts growth for the year at a more cautious 1.6 million b/d.

Oct 26, 2023 | sciencedirect.com | Lei Zhong |Feng Xu

Freshwater scarcity is one of the major worldwide challenges of the 21st century. Currently, freshwater resources are insufficient and depleting as a result of the rapid industrial development, overexploitation of water resources, rapid population growth and a deteriorating climate [1].

Oct 4, 2023 | pubs.rsc.org | Lei Zhong |Yujuan Wang |Yiyang Cheng |Qunliang Wang

Facile and Stereospecific Synthesis of Diverse β-N-Glycosyl Sulfonamide Scaffolds via Palladium Catalysis Glycosylation is an important strategy to improve the druggability of lead compounds. Here, we present a palladium-catalysed stereospecific N-glycosylation of sulfonamides.