Royal Society of Chemistry, Green Chemistry, 16(24), p. 6287-6294, 2022
DOI: 10.1039/d2gc02502g
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A solvent-free approach for the post-synthetic functionalisation of polyethylene with carbonyl groups exclusively is described using oxygen as the oxidant, with industrially-relevant benzoic acid being the sole organic side product of the reaction.