Sustainability in polymer science is a critical current focus in the field. While there are many aspects that warrant consideration to achieve a truly sustainable circular polymer economy, the ability to source monomers from sustainable feedstocks to create polymers with desirable properties remains a challenge. Beyond bio-ethylene and related molecules, it is desirable to create polymers with heteroatoms intheir backbones to enable more ready deconstruction at their end of life, compared to all carbon backbone polymers. By leveraging both organic catalysis and th erich stereochemistry that is available in naturally sourced monomer feedstocks, the creation of a diverse array of materials with heteroatom-containing backbones can be achieved.

Leveraging Organic Catalysis in the Synthesis of Sustainably Sourced Polymers

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