Organocatalysis for versatile polymer degradation

Paul McKeown; Muhammad Kamran; Matthew Davidson; Matthew Jones; Luis Román-Ramírez; Joe Wood

doi:10.1039/D0GC01252A

Organocatalysis for versatile polymer degradation

Paul McKeown, Muhammad Kamran, Matthew Davidson, Matthew Jones, Luis Román-Ramírez, Joe Wood

University of Birmingham

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Abstract

The use of a simple, cheap and effective organocatalyst, tetramethylammonium methyl carbonate, has been exploited for the transesterification of a range of commercial polymer samples. PLA, PCL, PC and PET have been successfully broken down into useful products, with the repolymerisation of DMT to PET demonstrated, highlighting a truly circular economy approach.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 665992

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3721-3726
Number of pages	6
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	22
Issue number	12
Early online date	27 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC01252A
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2020

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