Cleavable bonds are a central strategy for polymer deconstruction, but controlling the rate of breakdown remains difficult because it is dictated by intrinsic bond cleavage kinetics. Now it has been shown that bio-inspired conformationally preorganized neighbouring groups enable programmable polymer deconstruction without changing the cleavable bond itself or compromising material properties.
- Shaozheng Yin
- Rui Zhang
- Yuwei Gu
