Cover Feature: Synthesis and Application of Robust Spiro [Fluorene‐9] CAAC Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes for the “One‐Pot” Conversion of Allyl Acetate to Butane‐1,4‐diol (Chem. Eur. J. 49/2024)
An alternative solution to the problem of plastic waste is the development of chemical processes that enable the synthesis of sustainable materials from persistent plastics. The catalytic decomposition of post-consumer HDPE waste by isomerization metathesis (ISOMET) enables the production of propylene, the precursor of allyl acetate. In their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401918), M. Nagyházi, R. Tuba and co-workers recount their development of new ruthenium catalysts that can carry out consecutive olefin metathesis and hydrogenation reactions of allyl acetate to butane-1,4-diol, the precursor of biodegradable and chemically recyclable materials, including polybutylene succinate (PBS).
Authors
- Tibor Nagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-914X)
- Sándor Kéki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5274-6117)
- Vajk Farkas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-0032)
- Gábor Turczel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-6796)
- Márton Nagyházi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-5150)
- Jürgen Klankermayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-9402)
- Attila Csaba Bényei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0617-6264)
- Ole Osterthun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-6864)
- Róbert Tuba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-2713)
- Merell Lystra Ledesma Recta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7316-8930)
- Ádám Erdélyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0715-8907)
Institutions
- University of Debrecen (HU)
- University of Pannonia (HU)
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
- Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (HU)
- HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (HU)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202484904
- Primary Topic
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00