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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Divergent silylium catalysis enables facile poly(vinyl chloride) upcycling to poly(ethylene-co-styrene) derivatives†

Mikiyas K. Assefa ORCID logo a  and  Megan E. Fieser ORCID logo *ab  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA

b Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
E-mail: fieser@usc.edu

Abstract

Tandem hydrodechlorination/Friedel–Crafts alkylation of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is achieved using silylium ion catalysts to prepare new styrenic copolymers of polyethylene. In many cases, conversion of PVC was complete within minutes, indicating facile means of PVC functionalization at low catalyst loadings.

Graphical abstract: Divergent silylium catalysis enables facile poly(vinyl chloride) upcycling to poly(ethylene-co-styrene) derivatives

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA08142C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 10 2022
Accepted
23 12 2022
First published
05 1 2023

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 2128-2132

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Divergent silylium catalysis enables facile poly(vinyl chloride) upcycling to poly(ethylene-co-styrene) derivatives

M. K. Assefa and M. E. Fieser, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 2128 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA08142C

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