Mesoionic carbenes are similar to N-heterocyclic carbenes.

This minimizes the entire life cycle carbon footprint of a product, providing a long-term emissions reduction solution, rather than looking at just one part of the cycle such as airfreight.

Polystyrene foam is a manufactured plastic primarily made up of rings of carbon and hydrogen, called phenyl groups, attached to long hydrocarbon chains that can break into smaller styrene units.