DOI: 10.1039/d6gc03650c ISSN: 1463-9262
The selective and sequential chemical recycling of commodity polymers with imino-indole zinc(
ii
) catalysts
Jack A. Stewart, Matthew J. Cullen, Matthew G. Davidson, Matthew D. Jones We report four zinc imino-indole complexes that are highly active for the chemical recycling of key plastics. The catalyst is capable of sequentially degrading a three-component mixture of commodity plastics, showing >99% selectivity in each step.