Chemical Recycling of End‐of‐Life Polyamide 6 via Ring Closing Depolymerization

Abstract: The chemical recycling of end‐of‐life polymers, a sequence of depolymerization and polymerization reactions, enables the conserving of fossil resources and can add some value to the circular economy. In this study, a process for the depolymerization of end‐of‐life Nylon 6 via ring‐closing reactions to produce as building block N‐acetylcaprolactam have been set up. In detail, a combination of acetic anhydride as depolymerization reagent and catalytic amounts of 4‐dimethylaminopyridine allows under microwave irradiation and within short times (15 min) the conversion of end‐of‐life Nylon 6 to N‐acetylcaprolactam under solvent‐less conditions. Applying optimized conditions a sequence of Nylon 6 goods was transformed in good yields. The product N‐acetylcaprolactam was converted to ϵ‐caprolactam by transfer of the acetyl functionality to 2‐aminoethanol to give N‐(hydroxyethyl) acetamide a precursor for poly (N‐vinylacetamide). The generated ϵ‐caprolactam can be used as monomer for the synthesis of new Nylon 6, therefore a chemical recycling of the monomeric unit of Nylon 6 is feasible.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Chemical Recycling of End‐of‐Life Polyamide 6 via Ring Closing Depolymerization ; volume:4 ; number:43 ; year:2019 ; pages:12638-12642 ; extent:5
ChemistrySelect ; 4, Heft 43 (2019), 12638-12642 (gesamt 5)

Urheber
Alberti, Christoph
Figueira, Ruben
Hofmann, Melanie
Koschke, Svetlana
Enthaler, Stephan

DOI
10.1002/slct.201903970
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022071612334684915465
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Beteiligte

  • Alberti, Christoph
  • Figueira, Ruben
  • Hofmann, Melanie
  • Koschke, Svetlana
  • Enthaler, Stephan

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