Recent progress in cyclic aryliodonium chemistry: syntheses and applications

X Peng, A Rahim, W Peng, F Jiang, Z Gu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hypervalent aryliodoumiums are intensively investigated as arylating agents. They are
excellent surrogates to aryl halides, and moreover they exhibit better reactivity, which allows …

The mercury problem in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining

LJ Esdaile, JM Chalker - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury‐dependent artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of
mercury pollution on Earth. In this practice, elemental mercury is used to extract gold from …

Novel Resveratrol-Derived Sulfur-Rich Polymers: Advanced Materials for Silver Capture and High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathodes

X Xun, D Chen, XC Wang, X Wu… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic polysulfides have garnered significant attention recently as functional materials due
to their abundant S–S bonds and strong chemical bonding structures, with potential …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: from petroleum refining to polymeric materials

T Lee, PT Dirlam, JT Njardarson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The production of elemental sulfur from petroleum refining has created a technological
opportunity to increase the valorization of elemental sulfur by the synthesis of high …

Photoinduced inverse vulcanization

J Jia, J Liu, ZQ Wang, T Liu, P Yan, XQ Gong… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The inverse vulcanization (IV) of elemental sulfur to generate sulfur-rich functional polymers
has attracted much recent attention. However, the harsh reaction conditions required, even …

On the Mechanism of the Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur: Structural Characterization of Poly(sulfur-random-(1,3-diisopropenylbenzene))

J Bao, KP Martin, E Cho, KS Kang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organosulfur polymers, such as those derived from elemental sulfur, are an important new
class of macromolecules that have recently emerged via the inverse vulcanization process …

Catalytic inverse vulcanization

X Wu, JA Smith, S Petcher, B Zhang, DJ Parker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of inverse vulcanization has allowed stable polymers to be made from
elemental sulfur, an unwanted by-product of the petrochemicals industry. However, further …

Green chemistry and polymers made from sulfur

MJH Worthington, RL Kucera, JM Chalker - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are among the most important mass-produced materials on the planet, yet they are
largely derived from a finite supply of petrochemicals. To ensure the sustainable production …

Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers …

Y Zhang, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in the polymerization of elemental sulfur and the preparation of
functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) are reviewed. CHIPs …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: A novel route to high sulfur content polymers for sustainability, energy and defense

JJ Griebel, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the polymerizations of elemental sulfur (S 8) to prepare high sulfur
content polymers are reviewed. While the homopolymerization of S 8 via ring-opening …