Functionalization of polyethylene with hydrolytically-stable ester groups.

ABSTRACT: Low-density (LD) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), recycled or not, incorporates up to 7 wt% of ester groups after reacting either with ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) under catalytic and solvent free-reaction conditions, or with maleic anhydride (MA) and acrylates (AC) under catalytic radical conditions. The resulting upcycled polyethylene esters are hydrolytically stable at extreme pH (0-14) and can be further transformed into carboxylic acids, carboxylates, other esters and amides.

SUBMITTER: Hervas-Arnandis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature