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       Zinc acetate (ZA) /Ionic                                                                                      Managing speed breakers, water fl ooding and traffi c
       Liquid (IL) hybrid catalysts
       for the synthesis of Dimethyl                                                                                 on our roads
       Carbonate (DMC) through
       urea methanolysis                                                                                                This monthly column is all about  demand is valid. They must be provided
                                                                                                                     openly sharing expertise and knowhow  speed breakers, but not on the highway.
       E. Salehi et al have worked on the title                                                                      with our readers, regardless of industry,  Two speed breakers should be provided
       process, which  has  some  advantages,                                                                        product or service. The aim is to plant  to every road joining the highway. There
       and have reported kinetics, molecular                                                                         the seeds of inspiration, strengthen the  is a need for speed breaker with a STOP
       dynamic simulation, and  mechanism.  D. Liu  et al have reported a remark-  from 25 nm to 2-3 nm under repeated   knowledge base, and, hopefully, lead to  sign, but it should be provided for the
       FT-IR was used to study the process  able infl uence of the P-alkyl of ligand  H  reduction. (Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed.,   new opportunities and innovations.  traffi c  joining  the  highway,  while  the
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       and the effects of the urea-to-methanol  on the catalytic activity. Catalyst with  2025; DOI: 10.1002/anie.202425066).                          highway traffi c should be given unhin-
       molar ratio and different weight ratios  a P-PhCy group gave the best overall                                    While the column is being rolled  dered priority of movement. The entrant
       of IL were studied. Complete conver-  performance. Details of  ligands are   Heterogeneous catalysis          out with the ideas of Prof. V.C. Malshe,  to the highway needs to be careful. He
       sion of urea was realized  with 1:36.6  given in the paper. (J. Catalysis, 2025,   strategies for polyolefi n   an academician, researcher, innovator,  should face a speed breaker and a STOP
       molar ratio of urea/methanol at 190°C.  443, March, 115979; DOI:10.1016/j.  plastic upcycling – co-           consultant and businessman, it is open  sign at the junction, and must stop at the
       (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2025;  DOI:  cat.2025.115979).              reactant-assisted and direct               to one all. Simply write to editorial@  junction, look on both sides and only
       10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03668).                                         transformation under mild                  chemicalweekly.com.               then enter the highway safely.
                                         CO  hydrogenation to
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       Monitoring the fate of Zn in      methanol (M) on Cu-ZnO/          conditions                                 Speed breakers                      Synchronisation of signals in the city   All these problems can be solved by
       the Cu/ZnO/ZrO  catalyst          AlLaO with high activity and                                                   Speed breakers are ubiquitous on   There are several situations in cities   fi bre optic transmission of light to the
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       during CO -to-methanol            hydrothermal stability           H. Wang  et al have reported the title     our roads. Lamentably, there seem to   where  moving  traffi c  is  held  up   signals. A single light diffuser  placed
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       synthesis at high conversions                                      process for converting polyolefi ns into    be  no standards when  constructing   on a red signal and when it moves on   at  the end of the  cable  can  glow red,
                                                                          valuable products. Co-reactants such
       by operando spectroscopy          S. Li et al have reported that Cu-ZnO/  as H , short-chain alkanes/alkenes, O ,   one. Very  often  they  damage  vehicles   green, it only fi nds a red signal on the   orange or green, thus removing all confu-
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       (OS)                              AlLaO has more interfaces of Cu and   and CO  play  a crucial  role  in these   because the unsuspecting driver is driv-  next junction. This problem may not be   sion. The light source would be placed
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                                         CO adsorption sites. La O  increases    2                                   ing at high speed in darkness, jumps   simple to resolve but needs to be dealt   on ground which would be serviceable
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       There has been a lot of activity in con-  the relative density of oxygen vacancy   conversion. Comparison  is  made with   several  feet  in air (depending  on the   with. If the next signal can be red at a   by  the  traffi c  police.  There  would  be
                                                                          the co-reactant free process.  (Chem.
       verting CO  to methanol and this col-  on catalyst surface.  The title catalyst   Communications, 2025; DOI: 10.1039/  speed and the weight  of the vehicle),   time when no traffi c is reaching it and   only one intense  source of light  with
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       umn has also covered this subject. M.L   gives excellent CO  conversion and M   D4CC05471G).                  damages its suspension, and, at times,   becomes green as soon as traffi c from   fi lters placed in front of the cable end.
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       Schulte et al referred to the Cu-Zn based   selectivity. La O  improves the hydro-                            even causing a breakdown. Often, there   earlier signal approaches, traffi c move-  The change of fi lters would change the
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       catalyst to be very dynamic, especially   thermal stability of the catalyst. (Ap-  Green synthesis of tert-butyl   are no warning boards on either side of   ment can be smooth. This can be done   colour of the diffuser.
       in the presence of the products – meth-  plied Catalysis A, General, 2025, 692,                               a speed breaker, nor refl ective paint for   by monitoring traffi c with satellites and
       anol and water – and it is necessary to   25 Feb, 120098; DOI:10.1016/j.apca-  hydroperoxide (TBHPO) via      night-time visibility.            turning the signal green or red as per   Barcodes on top of all vehicles to be
       prevent deactivation and its origin needs   ta.2024.120098).       oxidation of tert-butanol (B) in                                             the traffi c density. The main traffi c can   tracked by satellite
       to be studied. At high conversions pro-  “Tearing Effect” (TE) of alloy-  various reactors                       Often, no permissions of the rele-  be given priority over the secondary   I have been wondering about track-
       duct condensation is possible.  These                                                                         vant  authority are taken before install-  traffi c.  Where  satellite  monitoring  is   ing any vehicle  by use of satellite. A
       authors have reported structural dyna-  support interaction of alloy   A. Shive et al have prepared TBHPO     ing a speed breaker; and most are lo-  not possible, it can be done manually   bar code printed on top of the vehicle
       mics and OS was adopted. It seems Cu   redispersion in NiRu/TiO    by the oxidation of TBA via the cata-      cal initiatives. Villagers, keen to protect   using cameras installed on the roads.   can be read from a long distance. Its
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       remains mostly stable, but Zn undergoes   hydrogenation catalysts  lysis of sulphuric acid by the green and   themselves from speeding vehicles, are                              movement  can be tracked.  It will  be
       strong restructuring. This study provides                          environmentally-friendly hydrogen          known to take matters into their own   Use fi bre optics for light transmis-  very easy to locate a stolen vehicle and
       guidance for the design of more stable   S. Zou et al have referred to the exten-  peroxide as oxidant using micro-chan-  hand, and install speed breakers even   sion            erring vehicles on signals, involvement
       catalyst. (Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 2025;   sive use of supported alloy catalysts  nel reactor – Corning Advanced-Flow   on highways. A 27-km road from Khoni   Traffi c lights are operated by elec-  in accidents, riot, theft, etc.
       DOI: 10.1002/anie.202423281).     for some industrial processes.  These  Reactors (AFR). The reaction tempera-  village  to  Badlapur  on  Pipeline  Road   tric bulbs. These bulbs have limited life
                                         authors have reported a detailed in-situ  ture was 70°C, the optimum molar ratio   had 40 speed breakers on both the sides   and frequent turning on and off, short-  Training for erring drivers
       Alkyl PCCP ligands for            investigation of the interaction between  of TBA to H SO  was assessed as 1:1,   and I had to write to the Prime Miinster’s   ens their life further. The lamps are in-  In India, there is no refreshing of
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       Cr-catalysed ethylene tri-/       support and alloy nanoparticles. These  and the optimum molar ratio of H O    Offi ce (PMO) highlighting this. Thank-  stalled at a height and can be changed  training  on rules of the road. Once a
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       tetramerization                   authors have discovered a  TE on  the  to  TBA  was  0.8.  Di-tert-butyl per-  fully, most have now been removed.  only with proper equipment. These sys-  driver is always a driver. I was travel-
                                         interface of TiO -supported NiRu alloy  oxide  is  also  formed.  The  above                                  tems also need electrical  connections.  ing by road from Indore to Mumbai.
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       Hexene-1  and  octene-1  are  important  nanoparticles through  environmental  reactor has many advantages. (J. Chem.   Villagers  living  along  State  high-  These can be wrong at times  which  Both State Governments had put a lot of
       comonomers for making different  TEM  resulting  in  a dramatic  redis-  Technol.  Biotechnol.,  2025; DOI:   ways insist on installation of speed  leads to confusion due to red and green  effort into developing the roads and the
       grades of polyethylenes.          persion process of alloy nanoparticles  10.1002/jctb.7821).                 breakers at every junction.  Their  light glowing simultaneously.   surface was very good. We took about
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