Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste

… A U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, “Deconstruction of Rubber via C–H Amination and Aza-Cope Rearrangement,” recently published in Nature and led by Dr. Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy, William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellow and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, introduces a novel chemical method for breaking down rubber waste. This pioneering technique utilizes C–H amination and a polymer rearrangement strategy to transform discarded rubber into valuable precursors for epoxy resins, offering an innovative and sustainable alternative to traditional recycling methods. …

Source: University of North Carolina