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Ruthenium-catalyzed “open-loop” recycling of polyethylene <i>via</i> tandem isomerization-metathesis (ISOMET)

Vajk Farkas, Pascal Albrecht, Ádám Erdélyi, Márton Nagyházi, Beatrix Csutorás, Gábor Turczel, Norbert Miskolczi, Janka Bobek‐Nagy, Ole Osterthun, Jürgen Klankermayer,

Green Chemistry · 2024 · 10 citations · 22 references

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The highly efficient conversion of post-consumer PE waste into propylene by single metal-catalyzed isomerization-metathesis (ISOMET) opens up new alternatives for persistent plastic waste upcycling.

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