A simple and robust method for instant carbon monoxide generation at room temperature using easily accessible standard lab chemicals: formic acid, mesyl chloride and triethylamine.

With glycerol being a bulk waste product, the interest in converting it to other value‐added products is steadily increasing. A scalable continuous flow process was developed for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate (2‐GLC) from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate on a hydroxide functional resin. High conversion and selectivity were obtained while the residence times were typically shorter than 10 min. Continuous production of 2‐GLC was achieved in high throughput and with improved processing metrics, creating the foundations for a production level process.

A convenient multigram synthesis of DABSO using sodium sulfite as SO2 source

This procedure enables the solvent-free deprotection of the most commonly used amino protecting group (N-Boc) by employing hydrogen chloride gas.