Polylactones as polymers designed for chemical recycling to monomers: catalytic monomer synthesis, polymerization and depolymerization KU Leuven
Due to the rapidly changing circumstances for chemical feedstocks, adaptation of current processes are necessary. Ethylene is an important building block, as it is easily epoxidized and polymerized and when, due to recent advances in electrochemical synthesis of ethylene, made from carbon dioxide, also a sustainable building block. However, the ethylene-ethylene coupling reaction that synthesizes 1,3-conjugated dienes has not been thoroughly ...