Products from the decomposition of plastic waste

1. A composition, comprising:

a. succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, and azelaic acid, or the salts or esters thereof; and

b. at least one C 8 -C 20 dicarboxylic acid substituted with a single nitro group, or the salts or esters thereof.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one C 8 -C 20 dicarboxylic acid substituted with a single nitro group is (1) nitro-suberic acid, nitro-azelaic acid, nitro-sebacic acid, nitro-undecanedioic acid, nitro-dodecanedioic acid, nitro-brassylic acid, nitro-tetradecanedioic acid, nitro-pentadecanedioic acid, nitro-hexadecanedioic acid, nitro-heptadecanedioic acid, nitro-octadecanedioic acid, nitro-nonadecanedioic acid, or nitro-icosanedioic acid, or the salts or esters thereof; or (2) 2-nitro-suberic acid, 2-nitro-azelaic acid, 2-nitro-sebacic acid, 2-nitro-undecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-dodecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-brassylic acid, 2-nitro-tetradecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-pentadecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-hexadecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-heptadecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-octadecanedioic acid, 2-nitro-nonadecanedioic acid, or 2-nitro-icosanedioic acid, or the salts or esters thereof.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one C 8 -C 20 dicarboxylic acid substituted with a single nitro group is present up to 1 wt % in the composition.

4. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising:

c. at least one of oxalic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, tridecanedioic acid, tetradecanedioic acid, pentadecanedioic acid, 2-octenedioic acid, 2-nonenedioic acid, 2-decenedioic acid, and 2-undecenedioic acid, or the salts or esters thereof.

5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein

a. succinic acid is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 18 wt %, glutaric acid is present in an amount of from about 8 to about 28 wt %, adipic acid is present in an amount of about 10 to about 29 wt %, pimelic acid is present in an amount of about 10 to about 20 wt %, and azelaic acid is present in an amount of about 8 to about 13 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof, and

c. if present, oxalic acid is present in an amount up to 10 wt %, if present suberic acid is present in an amount of to about 9 to about 20 wt %, if present sebacic acid is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt %, if present undecanedioic acid is present in an amount of about 1 to about 8 wt %, if present dodecanedioic acid is present up to about 5 wt %, if present tridecanedioic acid is present up to about 4 wt %, if present tetradecanedioic acid is present up to about 2 wt %, and if present pentadecanedioic acid is present up to about 0.4 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof.

6. The composition of claim 4 , wherein

a. succinic acid is present in an amount of from about 10 to about 11 wt %, glutaric acid is present in an amount of from about 15 to about 18 wt %, adipic acid is present in an amount of about 16 to about 18 wt %, pimelic acid is present in an amount of about 15 to about 17 wt %, and azelaic acid is present in an amount of about 10 to about 12 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof, and

c. if present, oxalic acid is present in an amount up to 10 wt %, if present suberic acid is present in an amount of about 13 to about 15 wt %, if present sebacic acid is present in an amount of about 5 to about 9 wt %, if present undecanedioic acid is present in an amount of about 3 to about 6 wt %, if present dodecanedioic acid is present in an amount of about 1 to about 3 wt %, if present tridecanedioic acid is present in an amount of about 0.5 to about 1.5 wt %, if present tetradecanedioic acid is present up to about 0.2 wt %, and if present pentadecanedioic acid is present up to about 0.2 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof.

7. The composition of claim 4 , wherein

a. succinic acid is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 40 wt %, glutaric acid is present in an amount of from about 8 to about 27 wt %, adipic acid is present in an amount of about 10 to about 29 wt %, pimelic acid is present in an amount of about 10 to about 20 wt %, and azelaic acid is present in an amount of about 1 to about 13 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof, and

c. if present, oxalic acid is present in an amount up to 10 wt %, if present suberic acid is present in an amount of to about 4 to about 20 wt %, if present sebacic acid is present up to about 10 wt %, if present undecanedioic acid is present up to about 8 wt %, if present dodecanedioic acid is present up to about 5 wt %, if present tridecanedioic acid is present up to about 4 wt %, if present tetradecanedioic acid is present up to about 2 wt %, and if present pentadecanedioic acid is present up to about 0.4 wt %, or an equivalent amount of the salts or esters thereof.