The Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) Using N-Heterocyclic Carbenes from Ionic Liquids

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 519-521

  Kamber, Nahrain E ^a   Tsujii, Yasuhito ^a   Keets, Kate ^a   Waymouth, Robert M ^a   Pratt, Russell C ^b   Nyce, Gregory W ^b   Hedrick, James L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications of chemistry; Catalysis; Consumer chemistry; Environmental chemistry; Esters; Green chemistry; Hands on learning manipulatives; Laboratory instruction; Mechanisms of reactions; Organic chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Polymerization; Reactions; Second year undergraduate; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955862724     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed800152c     Document Type: Article

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