The recycling of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a process of interest to the plastics industry as food grade polymers must be prepared from ‘virgin’ resin. We report the synthesis and characterization of a series of Ru and Ir complexes which are evaluated for the transformation of terephthalic acid into <i>para</i>-xylene. The results of high-pressure catalytic screenings will be reported.<br/>

Late transition metal catalysts for hydrogenolysis reactions

254th National Meeting (2017)

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