Sheng Bi , Qiangwei Li , Le-Cheng Wang , Xiao-Feng Wu
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Abstract
Based on the idea of environmental protection and sustainable development, the developing of new procedure for the chemical conversion of plastics and related chemicals into value-added chemicals are always attractive. In this context, we designed a photocatalytic reaction that employs 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines (alkyl-DHP) and arylamines to degrade and transform formaldehyde polymers. This innovative process effectively degrades paraformaldehyde and polyoxymethylene plastic, yielding a series of amine products in satisfactory quantities. This new procedure unveils a new strategy for the chemical degradation of plastics.
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