Waste mitigation methods and materials

A composition, comprising:

• a base polymer;
• and
• (I) a molecule of formula (RR) or (SS):
• where X and Y are each independently chosen from oxygen (O) and NR50, and R2, R3, R50 are each independently hydrogen or any organic residue, C1 is carbon, and H1 is hydrogen, or
• (II) a compound including:
• (1) a segment having the formula (AA), (BB), (FF), (GG), (MM), (NN), each with an X-end and an N-end:
• (2) a segment having the formula (KK) with an N-end:
• or
• (3) a segment having the formula (PP) or (QQ) each with an X-end:
• wherein the N end of formula (FF), (GG), (MM), and (NN) are each directly and covalently bonded to —CH2—CG-,
• wherein C31 and C32 are carbons (C),
• wherein R32 and R33 are both hydrogens or collectively forms a carbonyl with C31,
• wherein R34 and R35 are both hydrogens or collectively forms a carbonyl with C32,
• wherein X is oxygen (O) or X is nitrogen attached to an organic residue,
• wherein R31 is a hydrogen, a hydroxymethyl, a halogen-substituted methyl, or an unsubstituted methylene —CH2— group covalently and directly bonded to X,
• wherein dashed lines (---) represent optional covalent bonds to satisfy valence,
• wherein the wavy lines each represent a point of attachment,
• wherein CG and CG0 are each independently benzene or carbon-carbon double bond,
• wherein R41 and R43 are each independently hydrogen, carboxy (—COOH) group, ester (—COORx) group, or amide (—CONRxRy)group, and
• wherein R44 is hydrogen or any organic residue,
• wherein R46 and R47 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxymethyl group, alkoxymethyl group, aminomethyl group, or alkylaminomethyl,
• provided that:
• (i) for formula (AA) or (BB), when X is not directly and covalently bonded to the R31 and further either
• (a) R34 and R35 are both hydrogen, or
• (b) (R32, R33, C31) and (R34, R35, C32) each collectively forms a respective carbonyl, then:
• (1) the segment is directly and covalently bonded to an oligomeric or polymeric moiety,
• (2) the segment is directly and covalently bonded to two diradicals of a same formula on the N end and on the X end of the formula (AA) or (BB),
• (3) the X-end is directly and covalently bonded to an -alkylene-Y, where Y is a heteroatom,
• (4) the N-end of the formula (AA) or (BB) is not directly attached to a benzyl group, or
• (5) R31 is not hydrogen,
• (ii) for (FF) and (GG), when CG is benzene, then:
• (1) the segment is directly and covalently bonded to an oligomeric or polymeric moiety,
• (2) at least one of R41 and R43 is carboxy or ester,
• (3) X is oxygen,
• (4) the X-end is not directly and covalently bonded to a methylene of a benzyl,
• (5) the N-end is directly and covalently bonded to the methylene end of formula (HH) or formula (JJ):
• or
• (6) R44 is not hydrogen,
• (iii) for (MM) and (NN), when R44 is —C(Z1)(Z2)—Ar, where Z1 and Z2 are independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, electronic withdrawing group, electronic donating group, or collectively ═O, and Ar is aryl or heteroaryl, then:
• (1) the segment is directly and covalently bonded to an oligomeric or polymeric moiety,
• (2) at least one of R46 and R47 is not hydrogen,
• (3) X is oxygen, or
• (4) the X-end is not simultaneously directly and covalently bonded to two methylene groups, each of the two methylene groups directly and covalently attached to an aryl, and
• (iv) for formula (KK), when both CG0 and CG are benzene:
• (1) the segment is directly and covalently bonded to an oligomeric or polymeric moiety,
• (2) CG0 is substituted in ortho-pattern, or
• (3) the N-end is not directly and covalently bonded to a methylene of a benzyl and not directly and covalently bonded to a methylene of —CH2-ph-CH2—NR44—C(═O)-ph-, where ph is phenyl,
• wherein Rx and Ry are each hydrogen or any organic residue.

A compound comprising an activator moiety conjugatively coupled to a first carbon atom having a hydrogen attached thereon, and the activator moiety selected from the following:

• wherein R4-R12 may each be selected independently from a hydrogen, an organic residue, and an organometallic residue, wherein the symbol H2 denotes hydrogen atom, and
• wherein the first carbon atom is directly and covalently bonded to:
• (i) each of a strong mesomeric electron-donating group and a strong mesomeric electron withdrawing group, or
• (ii) at feast two atoms each being independently selected from the group consisting of (1) an atom of sp2 hybridization, (2) an atom of sp hybridization, and (3) an atom with a lone pair of valence electrons.