Organocatalytic depolymerization of poly (trimethylene carbonate)

K Fukushima, Y Watanabe, T Ueda… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… In this study, the efficacy of organocatalysts for depolymerization of poly(trimethylene
carbonate) (PTMC), a representative aliphatic polycarbonate, is investigated using several organic …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradable functional biomaterials exploiting substituted trimethylene carbonates and organocatalytic transesterification

K Fukushima - Polymer Journal, 2016 - nature.com
… (trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) analogs with various substituents derived from 2,2-bis(methylol)propionic
acid. In addition, organocatalytic … The organocatalytic depolymerization of …

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalysis for depolymerisation

C Jehanno, MM Pérez-Madrigal, J Demarteau… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
… , co-catalyst, etc.), the depolymerisation products can be tuned in innumerable … of
depolymerisation. In this review, we highlight the recent advances made by applying …

Organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate to yield a biodegradable polycarbonate

JMW Chan, X Zhang, MK Brennan… - Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
… (18, 25-27) By using a primary alcohol initiator such as 1-pyrenebutanol, polymerization of
a cyclic carbonate such as trimethylene carbonate (TMC) can be readily initiated by catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] 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
… formation of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) in high yields (up to 80%) from the depolymerisation
of … Combined with an optimised organocatalytic system, this method renders possible the …

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalysis: A paradigm shift in the synthesis of aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates

K Fukushima, K Nozaki - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
… for depolymerization of PET as well as repolymerization of BHET to form PET (Scheme 4).
(34) Thermally stable organocatalysts are … topic for such transesterification of organocatalysts. …

[HTML][HTML] A silica-supported organocatalyst for polycarbonate methanolysis under mild and economic conditions

Z Fehér, R Németh, J Kiss, B Balterer… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
… viable and mild depolymerisation methods, focusing on poly(bisphenol A carbonate) (BPA-PC), …
Our investigation centres on three commercially available organocatalyst-modified silica …

A Simple and Facile Approach to Aliphatic N-Substituted Functional Eight-Membered Cyclic Carbonates and Their Organocatalytic Polymerization

S Venkataraman, VWL Ng, DJ Coady… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
… monomer was possible via thermal depolymerization of low molecular weight oligomers. …
to that of trimethylene carbonate (TMC), a commercially available 6-membered cyclic carbonate

Overcoming the limitations of organocatalyzed glycolysis of poly (ethylene terephthalate) to facilitate the recycling of complex waste under mild conditions

I Olazabal, EJ Luna Barrios, S De Meester… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
… To perform the organocatalytic depolymerization of PET at low temperatures on a reasonable
time scale, an adequate solvent and a strong catalyst are required. Based on the results …

Organocatalytic synthesis of new telechelic polycarbonates and study of their chemical reactivity

S Bigot, N Kebir, L Plasseraud, F Burel - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
… [14] have prepared telechelic oligomers by depolymerization of … carbonate using lanthanum
catalyst [16], or also by ring opening polymerization (ROP) of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) …