ArticleACS omega2020
Kinetics of Methyl Lactate Formation from the Transesterification of Polylactic Acid Catalyzed by Zn(II) Complexes.
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- Poly(lactide) Upcycling Approach through Transesterification for Stereolithography 3D Printing.Biomacromolecules · 2024Article
- Effective Ligand Design: Zinc Complexes with Guanidine Hydroquinoline Ligands for Fast Lactide Polymerization and Chemical Recycling.ChemSusChem · 2022Article
- The Chemical Recycling of Polyesters for a Circular Plastics Economy: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities.ChemSusChem · 2021Review
- Chemical Recycling of End-of-Life Poly(lactide) via Zinc-Catalyzed Depolymerization and Polymerization.ChemistryOpen · 2020Article
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Abstract
The kinetics of the transesterification of polylactic acid (PLA) with methanol to form methyl lactate catalyzed by Zn(II) complexes was studied experimentally and numerically. The complexes, Zn(
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