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SUBMITTER: Li T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295126 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Tengfei T Vijeta Arjun A Casadevall Carla C Gentleman Alexander S AS Euser Tijmen T Reisner Erwin E
ACS catalysis 20220623 14
Chemical recycling of synthetic polymers represents a promising strategy to deconstruct plastic waste and make valuable products. Inspired by small-molecule C-H bond activation, a visible-light-driven reaction is developed to deconstruct polystyrene (PS) into ∼40% benzoic acid as well as ∼20% other monomeric aromatic products at 50 °C and ambient pressure. The practicality of this strategy is demonstrated by deconstruction of real-world PS foam on a gram scale. The reaction is proposed to procee ...[more]