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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Aaron David Sadow, Ames, IA (US);
Uddhav Kanbur, Ames, IA (US);
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for the conversion of polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof into shorter alkanes, carboxylic acids, alcohols, alkyl halides or aldehydes. This process includes contacting the polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof with the compound of formula (I):Al(R) (I)where Ris independently selected at each occurrence thereof from the group consisting of H, aryl, C-Calkyl, and C-Calkoxy, as a reaction mixture, in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a transition metal catalyst, a lanthanide series metal catalyst, or combinations thereof.