Haley and Julia wrote a Preview for Chem Catalysis highlighting two cool papers on PVC upcycling from the Fieser and McNeil labs as part of a Women in Catalysis special issue. It’s free to access for 50 days here!
Papers highlighted:
- M.K. Assefa, M.E. Fieser. Divergent silylium catalysis enables facile poly(vinyl chloride) upcycling to poly(ethylene-co-styrene) derivatives. J. Mater. Chem., 11 (2023), 2128-2132, 10.1039/D2TA08142C
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D.E. Fagnani, D. Kim, S.I. Camarero, J.F. Alfaro, A.J. McNeil. Using waste poly(vinyl chloride) to synthesize chloroarenes by plasticizer-mediated electro(de)chlorination.
Nat. Chem., 15 (2023), 222-229, 10.1038/s41557-022-01078-w
