Computational and experimental investigations of one-step conversion of poly(carbonate)s into value-added poly(aryl ether sulfone)s
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Significance: This work describes a convenient, quantitative, and robust one-step transformation of polycarbonates into high-value poly(aryl ether sulfone)s in the presence of a carbonate salt and bis(aryl fluorides). This strategy has important implications for the repurposing of plastic waste into value-added materials by the use of carefully controlled depolymerization conditions. Computational studies used to support these findings show how carbonate salts decompose organic carbonates and form the poly(aryl ether sulfone) products. Determining the role of the metal salt in the depolymerization/repolymerization process will enable future design for economic recycling and synthesis methods.
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Computational investigation showed that stoichiometric amounts of metal carbonate is needed for the reaction to proceed to completion, but insights provided by investigating the mechanism also led them to develop a catalytic process using 12 mol% K2CO3 with lower reaction efficiency.
“The computational investigation showed that stoichiometric amounts of metal carbonate is needed for the reaction to proceed to completion, but insights provided by investigating the mechanism also led them to develop a catalytic process using 12 mol% K2CO3 with lower reaction efficiency.”
From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [417]
Computational studies revealed that this reaction proceeds by the nucleophilic attack of the metal carbonate on the PC and the evolution of CO2 gas as the by-product.
“Computational studies revealed that this reaction proceeds by the nucleophilic attack of the metal carbonate on the PC and the evolution of CO2 gas as the by-product.”
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Recently, a quantitative one-step transformation of PC into high-value poly(aryl ether sulfone)s in the presence of a carbonate salt was developed as another strategy for repurposing these plastic wastes.
“Recently, a quantitative one-step transformation of PC into high-value poly(aryl ether sulfone)s in the presence of a carbonate salt was developed as another strategy for repurposing these plastic wastes.417”
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- Authors
- Jones, G. O., Yuen, A., Wojtecki, R. J., Hedrick, J. L., & García, J. M.
- Affiliations
- IBM Research - Almaden (US)
- IBM Research–Almaden, San Jose, CA 95120
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 28
- Pages
- 7722-7726
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC4948316
- OpenAlex
- W2470390030
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 5.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Synthesis and properties of polymers
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Keywords
- depolymerization, in situ polycondensation, carbonates, nucleophilic attack, polymer recycling
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