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Designed for Circularity: Chemically Recyclable and Enzymatically Degradable Biorenewable Schiff Base Polyester-Imines
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Polymer Technology. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Centres, Wallenberg Wood Science Center.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Coating Technology. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Centres, Wallenberg Wood Science Center. KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1209-5970
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Coating Technology. KTH, Centres, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8195-1099
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Polymer Technology.
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2023 (English)In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, E-ISSN 2168-0485, Vol. 11, no 8, p. 3451-3465Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Bio-based plastics potentially have several positive impacts on the environment; however, in order to make a real difference, they need to have managed and sustainable end of life. This means they should from the start be designed for chemical, mechanical, and/or organic (biological) recycling. Development of energy-efficient and selective chemical recycling processes is a necessary part in reaching truly circular plastic flows. Polyesters are generally well suited for chemical recycling due to the presence of reversible ester bonds. Utilization of dynamic covalent chemistry to include a second, even more easily reversed bond, such as Schiff base (SB, imine bond), could further facilitate chemical recycling, enabling depolymerization back to monomeric products under mild conditions. Here, we present the synthesis of three vanillin-derived SB monomers SBM1, SBM2, and SBM3 and the corresponding polymers SBP3a-b, SBP4a-b, and SBP5a-b. Three different diamines and two potentially bio-sourced diesters were utilized to yield altogether six different polyester-imines with different aliphatic/aromatic contents. All the obtained SB-based polyesters were thermally stable at ∼290-330 °C and had a high char yield during the pyrolysis, which may indicate inherent flame resistance. All the polyesters were amorphous with glass transition temperatures from 36 to 76 °C. The chemical recyclability and hydrolytic degradation of the synthesized polyesters was evaluated by using real-time 1H NMR spectroscopy. Finally, the susceptibility of the synthesized polyester-imines to enzymatic degradation by PETase was demonstrated. The experimental results were further supported by induced-fit docking experiments to theoretically evaluate the potential productive binding of the produced polyester-imines and intermediates thereof to the active site of PETase.

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American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023. Vol. 11, no 8, p. 3451-3465
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chemical recycling, enzymatic degradation, PETase, polyester-imine, Schiff base
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-329986DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06935ISI: 000937471300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85148439744OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-329986DiVA, id: diva2:1777490
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Available from: 2023-06-29 Created: 2023-06-29 Last updated: 2023-09-21Bibliographically approved

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Subramaniyan, SathiyarajNajjarzadeh, NasimVanga, Sudarsana ReddyLiguori, AnnaSyrén, Per-OlofHakkarainen, Minna

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