Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

• Francesca Liguori,
• Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

• Francesca Liguori Carmen Moreno-Marrodan Pierluigi Barbaro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.17.53 Abstract Metal-catalysed depolymerisation of plastics to reusable

• selective depolymerisation methods of plastics. Achievements are broken down according to the plastic material, namely polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates and polyamides. The focus is on recent advancements targeting sustainable and environmentally friendly processes. Biocatalytic or unselective

• processes, acid–base treatments as well as the production of fuels are not discussed, nor are the methods for the further upgrade of the depolymerisation products. Keywords: catalysis; depolymerisation; plastic; recycling; sustainable; Review 1. Introduction In a circular-economy perspective, wastes are

Potent hemithioindigo-based antimitotics photocontrol the microtubule cytoskeleton in cellulo

• Alexander Sailer,
• Franziska Ermer,
• Yvonne Kraus,
• Rebekkah Bingham,
• Ferdinand H. Lutter,
• Julia Ahlfeld and
• Oliver Thorn-Seshold

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 125–134, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.14

• . This suggests that the same specific direct action can be reproduced in cellulo, and that effects on auxiliary cellular systems dependent upon the MT cytoskeleton can likely be downstream effects of MT depolymerisation. We next investigated the HITubs’ isomer-dependent effects on the MT network inside

Mechanochemistry of nucleosides, nucleotides and related materials

• Olga Eguaogie,
• Joseph S. Vyle,
• Patrick F. Conlon,
• Manuela A. Gîlea and
• Yipei Liang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 955–970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.81

• % HCl (aq) and subsequently triturated with pure alcohol and then ether [69]. Typically, RNA depolymerisation (especially when in contact with metal components) would be observed during these operations [70] although isolation of infectious viral RNA from frozen carcinoma tissue following grinding was