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GREEN CHEMISTRY
卷 24, 期 18, 页码 6923-6930出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2gc02233h
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- Catalisti-Vlaio [HBC2019.0116]
- FWO [1SC1519N]
This study reports a green and efficient ammonolysis process for polyamide plastics using a hard Lewis acid catalyst and a simple glycol solvent at 200 degrees C and 1 bar NH3 pressure. Computational studies reveal that the vicinal diol moiety of the glycol solvent plays a key role in activating the ammonia nucleophile, with glycerol being the most effective solvent.
In order to make recycling a viable strategy for post-consumer plastics, economically feasible revalorization processes must be developed. The ammonolysis of polyamides can be such a cutting-edge recycling technology; however, due to the rigid structure of these polyamide plastics, operating conditions of current ammonolysis processes are harsh, including high temperatures (>300 degrees C) and high NH3 pressures. Here, we report a very green and elegant ammonolysis process of the widely abundant polyamide 66 by using a hard Lewis acid catalyst and 1 bar of NH3 in a simple glycol solvent at 200 degrees C. Computational studies revealed that especially the vicinal diol moiety of these glycol solvents plays a key role in activation of the ammonia nucleophile, with glycerol being the most effective solvent, reaching the depolymerization equilibrium after 20 h even without a catalyst. To our delight, a biosourced glycerol (obtained from the saponification of triglycerides) could also directly serve as a suitable solvent, even outperforming the ammonolysis process in highly purified glycerol.
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