Efficient and economical plastic waste upcycling relies on the development of catalysts capable of polymer degradation. A systematic high-throughput screening of twenty-eight polymerization catalyst precursors, belonging to the catalyst families of metallocenes, ansa-metallocenes, and hemi- and post-metallocenes, in cis-1,4-polybutadiene (PB) degradation reveals, for the first time, important structure–activity correlations. The upcycling conditions involve activation of the catalysts (at 0.18 % catalyst loading) with tri-iso-butyl aluminum at 50 °C in toluene. The data indicate the ability to degrade PB is a general reactivity profile of neutral group 4 metal hydrides. A simple quantitative-structure activity relationship (QSAR) model utilizing two descriptors for the distribution of steric bulk in the active pocket and one measuring the metal ion electrophilicity reveals the degradation ability improves with increased but not overbearing steric congestion and lower electrophilicity.

A High-Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling / Cannavacciuolo, F. D.; Yadav, R.; Esper, A.; Vittoria, A.; Antinucci, G.; Zaccaria, F.; Cipullo, R.; Budzelaar, P. H. M.; Busico, V.; Goryunov, G. P.; Uborsky, D. V.; Voskoboynikov, A. Z.; Searles, K.; Ehm, C.; Veige, A. S.. - In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION. - ISSN 1433-7851. - (2022), p. e202202258. [10.1002/anie.202202258]

A High-Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling

Cannavacciuolo F. D.;Vittoria A.;Antinucci G.;Zaccaria F.;Cipullo R.;Budzelaar P. H. M.;Busico V.;Ehm C.;
2022

Abstract

Efficient and economical plastic waste upcycling relies on the development of catalysts capable of polymer degradation. A systematic high-throughput screening of twenty-eight polymerization catalyst precursors, belonging to the catalyst families of metallocenes, ansa-metallocenes, and hemi- and post-metallocenes, in cis-1,4-polybutadiene (PB) degradation reveals, for the first time, important structure–activity correlations. The upcycling conditions involve activation of the catalysts (at 0.18 % catalyst loading) with tri-iso-butyl aluminum at 50 °C in toluene. The data indicate the ability to degrade PB is a general reactivity profile of neutral group 4 metal hydrides. A simple quantitative-structure activity relationship (QSAR) model utilizing two descriptors for the distribution of steric bulk in the active pocket and one measuring the metal ion electrophilicity reveals the degradation ability improves with increased but not overbearing steric congestion and lower electrophilicity.
2022
A High-Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling / Cannavacciuolo, F. D.; Yadav, R.; Esper, A.; Vittoria, A.; Antinucci, G.; Zaccaria, F.; Cipullo, R.; Budzelaar, P. H. M.; Busico, V.; Goryunov, G. P.; Uborsky, D. V.; Voskoboynikov, A. Z.; Searles, K.; Ehm, C.; Veige, A. S.. - In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION. - ISSN 1433-7851. - (2022), p. e202202258. [10.1002/anie.202202258]
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