The conversion of polyolefins to higher value materials could contribute to our ability to reuse plastic waste and to use polyolefins with well-defined microstructures as the starting point for the creation of materials with new properties and functions. Our group has developed reactions that functionalize polyethylene and polyisobutylene at typically inert C-H bonds by a series of catalytic reactions that install hydroxyl, oxo, amino, and boryl groups. The development of these reactions, the mechanisms of these reactions, and the new properties created by the installation of this functionality will be presented in this seminar.

Catalytic upcycling of polyolefins by C-H bond functionalization

ACS Spring 2022

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