A Multitool for Circular Economy: Fast Ring-Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Catalyst

Martin Fuchs; Pascal M Schäfer; Wolf Wagner; Ian Krumm; Marcel Walbeck; Regina Dietrich; Alexander Hoffmann; Sonja Herres-Pawlis

doi:10.1002/cssc.202300779

A Multitool for Circular Economy: Fast Ring-Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Catalyst

ChemSusChem. 2023 Jun 22;16(12):e202300779. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202300779. Epub 2023 Jun 12.

Authors

Martin Fuchs¹, Pascal M Schäfer¹, Wolf Wagner¹, Ian Krumm¹, Marcel Walbeck¹, Regina Dietrich¹, Alexander Hoffmann¹, Sonja Herres-Pawlis¹

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1A, 52072, Aachen, Germany.

PMID: 37309289
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300779

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Professor Sonja Herres-Pawlis at the RWTH Aachen (Germany). The cover image illustrates the complex yet flexible circular economy of (bio)plastics and the role of a Zn-based catalyst therein. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202300192.

MeSH terms

Guanidine
Guanidines
Polyesters*
Polymerization
Zinc*

Substances

Polyesters
Guanidine
Zinc
Guanidines