Dataset for Chemical Recycling of Polyesters and Polycarbonates: Why Is Zinc(II) Such an Effective Depolymerization Catalyst?

Experimental and computational data to support article: 'Chemical Recycling of Polyesters and Polycarbonates: Why Is Zinc(II) Such an Effective Depolymerization Catalyst?' <br><br>Includes: 1) all raw TGA thermograms for catalysed depolymerizations <br>2) TGA-FTIR spectra from catalysed depolymerizations <br>3) 1H NMR spectra and GC-MS of isolated monomers <br>4) 1H and 13 NMR spectra of DTC <br>5) 1H NMR spectra, DSC thermograms, TGA thermograms and SEC data for all polymers <br>6) Computational output files for ring closing of methyl 5-hydroxypentanoate catalysed by zinc or magnesium <br><br>TGA, DSC, FTIR are uploaded as excel.csv files <br>NMR and GC-MS are uploaded as .mnova files. <br>SEC are uploaded as .txt files <br>Computational outputs are uploaded as .txt files