Cholinium-based ionic liquid catalysts for polyethylene terephthalate glycolysis: understanding the role of solvent and a reappraisal of the cation contribution

Diana Bura; Lorenzo Pedrini; Cristina Trujillo; Stephen J. Connon

doi:10.1039/D3SU00336A

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Cholinium-based ionic liquid catalysts for polyethylene terephthalate glycolysis: understanding the role of solvent and a reappraisal of the cation contribution†

Diana Bura,

^a Lorenzo Pedrini,

^a Cristina Trujillo

*^ab and Stephen J. Connon

*^a

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^a School of Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, 152-160 Pearse St., Dublin 2, Ireland
E-mail: connons@tcd.ie

^b Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
E-mail: cristina.trujillodelvalle@manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

A combined computational and experimental investigation has revealed a new pathway for the degradation of PET using cholinium-based ionic liquid catalysis, which led to a reappraisal of the role of the cholinium unit in catalysis and the development of more efficacious related systems.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SU00336A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 21 Sep 2023
Accepted: 19 Oct 2023
First published: 19 Oct 2023
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RSC Sustain., 2023,1, 2197-2201

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Cholinium-based ionic liquid catalysts for polyethylene terephthalate glycolysis: understanding the role of solvent and a reappraisal of the cation contribution†

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