Upcycling of BPA-PC into trimethylene carbonate by solvent assisted organocatalysed depolymerisation

I Olazabal, E Luna, S De Meester, C Jehanno… - Polymer …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
… method for the depolymerisation of bisphenol A-based polycarbonate (BPA-PC) at low …
of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) in high yields (up to 80%) from the depolymerisation of BPA-PC. …

Sustainable synthesis and characterization of a bisphenol A-free polycarbonate from a six-membered dicyclic carbonate

P Wang, JH Park, M Sayed, TS Chang, A Moran… - Polymer …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
… to BPA and sustainable BPA-free aliphatic PCstrimethylene carbonate (TMC) (Scheme
1B), some organo-catalysts have been shown to lead to well defined poly(trimethylene carbonate

Chemical recycling of poly (bisphenol A carbonate)

JG Kim - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
… of PC to BHE-BPA was also achieved by the reaction of PC and ethylene carbonate. The first
… and other chemicals, and the infinite circular life between PC and BPA is now in our hands. …

Highly efficient and selective synthesis of methyl carbonate-ended polycarbonate precursors from dimethyl carbonate and bisphenol A

H An, Z Yang, K Bi, F Xu, F Huo, C Li… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… the reaction of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and bisphenol A (BPA) and high conversion of …
the PC precursors (MmC(1), DmC(1), and Bis-BPA) but also the oligomers synthesized from PC

Organocatalytic depolymerization of poly (trimethylene carbonate)

K Fukushima, Y Watanabe, T Ueda… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bisphenol-A polycarbonate (BPA-PC) is the most common polycarbonate … ), BPA-PC has
recently drawn attention as a recyclable and upcyclable polymer. Poly(trimethylene carbonate) (…

The organic chemistry behind the recycling of poly (bisphenolA carbonate) for the preparation of chemical precursors: A review

EA Gilbert, ML Polo, JM Maffi… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… By far, the most widely used PC is poly(bisphenol-A carbonate) (PC-BPA), whose market
size was estimated at USD 15.24 billion in 2015—with a global demand of 4.3 million tons—…

Anionic bulk oligomerization of ethylene and propylene carbonate initiated by bisphenolA/base systems

L Soós, G Deák, S Kéki, M Zsuga - Journal of Polymer Science …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
trimethylene carbonates (TMC) is known to give polycarbonates by potassium carbonate or
… Our aim was study the bulk polymerization of EC and PC initiated by BPA/base systems and …

Chemical recycling to monomers: Industrial BisphenolA‐Polycarbonates to novel aliphatic polycarbonate materials

Y Liu, XB Lu - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… , BPAPC contains bisphenol A (BPA), which is suspected to be a xenoestrogen. Thus, BPAPC
recycling is challenging because BPA … of lactide or trimethylene carbonate. On the other …

From plastic waste to polymer electrolytes for batteries through chemical upcycling of polycarbonate

K Saito, C Jehanno, L Meabe… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
… Herein we investigate the chemical recycling of bisphenol A polycarbonate (BPA-PC) using
diols of different chain lengths to yield bisphenol A and innovative carbonate-containing diols…

Transesterification and compatibilization in the blends of bisphenol-A polycarbonate and poly (trimethylene terephthalate)

SK Na, BG Kong, C Choi, MK Jang, JW Nah… - Macromolecular …, 2005 - Springer
PC system needed temperatures higher than that for PBT/PCcarbonate was observed when
degradation of PET/PC blend … Recently a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) has been …