Photodegradable polar-functionalized polyethylenes

ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT The degradation of plastics has attracted much attention from the global community. Polyethylenes (PEs), as the most abundant synthetic plastics, are most frequently studied. PE is non-degradable and non-polar because of the sole presence of the pure hydrocarbon components. Concurrent incorporation of both in-chain cleavable and functional groups into the PE chain is an effective pathway to overcome the non-degradable and non-polar issue; however, the method for achieving this pathway remains elusive. Here, we report a strictly non-alternating (>99%) terpolymerization of ethylene with CO and fundamental polar monomers via a coordination–insertion mechanism using late transition metal catalysts, which effectively prevents the formation of undesired chelates originating from both co

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10434297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature