Search Results - "Shi, Jake X."
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Catalytic deconstruction of waste polyethylene with ethylene to form propylene
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (30-09-2022)“…The conversion of polyolefins to monomers would create a valuable carbon feedstock from the largest fraction of waste plastic. However, breakdown of the main…”
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Iridium-Catalyzed, Site-Selective Silylation of Secondary C(sp3)–H Bonds in Secondary Alcohols and Ketones
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (13-09-2023)“…We report the iridium-catalyzed, stereoselective conversion of secondary alcohols or ketones to anti-1,3-diols by the silylation of secondary C–H bonds γ to…”
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Polymers from Plant Oils Linked by Siloxane Bonds for Programmed Depolymerization
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (08-05-2024)“…The increased production of plastics is leading to the accumulation of plastic waste and depletion of limited fossil fuel resources. In this context, we report…”
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Chemical Modification of Oxidized Polyethylene Enables Access to Functional Polyethylenes with Greater Reuse
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (04-10-2023)“…Polyethylene is a commodity material that is widely used because of its low cost and valuable properties. However, the lack of functional groups in…”
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Diverse functional polyethylenes by catalytic amination
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (29-09-2023)“…Functional polyethylenes possess valuable bulk and surface properties, but the limits of current synthetic methods narrow the range of accessible materials and…”
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Polyolefin waste to light olefins with ethylene and base-metal heterogeneous catalysts
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (20-09-2024)“…The selective conversion of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and mixtures of these two polymers to form products with high volume demand is urgently…”
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Synthesis of Sterically Hindered β‑Diketones via Condensation of Acid Chlorides with Enolates
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (07-06-2019)“…Bulky β-diketones have rarely exceeded dipivaloylmethane (DPM) in steric demand, largely due to synthetic limitations of the Claisen condensation. This work…”
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Synthesis, reactivity, and crystallography of a sterically hindered acyl triflate
Published in Tetrahedron (13-08-2021)“…2,6-Dimesitylbenzoyl triflate (1) has been prepared from the corresponding acid chloride, and its structure and reactivity with some small molecules is…”
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