Fig. 1: Tandem cracking-alkylation for converting polyolefins to liquid alkanes with chloroaluminate ionic liquids.
From: Active species in chloroaluminate ionic liquids catalyzing low-temperature polyolefin deconstruction
Schematic illustration of the endothermic C-C bond cleavage of polyolefins, kinetically coupled with the exothermic alkylation of the resulting olefin intermediate, enabling low-temperature conversion of polyolefins into liquid alkanes in ionic environments.
