Sustainable Solid Catalysts for Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ and Epoxide

Title:Sustainable Solid Catalysts for Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ and Epoxide

Volume: 19 Issue: 8

Author(s): Xian-Dong Lang, Xiao-Fang Liu and Liang-Nian He

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Keywords: Carbon dioxide, cyclic carbonate, cycloaddition, epoxide, heterogeneous catalyst.

Abstract: As a major contributor to greenhouse effect, detrimental influence of CO₂ has received more and more attention. Meanwhile, CO₂ is also a valuable C₁ building block, with several distinguished features such as low cost, nontoxicity, nonflammability, renewal, abundance. CO₂ fixation is one of the most important priorities of the scientific community dedicated to reduce global warming. The last few decades have witnessed enormous attention utilizing CO₂ to produce a variety of organic molecules, such as cyclic carbonates, which hold diverse applications as polar aprotic solvents, intermediates for organic and polymeric synthesis, and chemical ingredients for pharmaceutical/ fine chemicals in biomedical applications, electrolytic elements of lithium secondary batteries. Development of sustainable solid catalysts for the cycloaddition of epoxide with CO₂ into cyclic carbonates is of paramount importance from a viewpoint of C₁ chemistry and green chemistry. In this mini-review, we would like to update the recent advances in development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts including polymeric ionic liquids, metal organic frameworks, conjugated microporous polymer, polyamines, functionalized ion-exchange resins, polystyrene-supported ionic liquids, chitosan-based heterogeneous catalysts, silica-supported catalysts, magnetic nanoparticle supported catalysts, metal oxide and polyoxometalate, and others for the cycloaddition of epoxide with CO₂, and we hope this presentation will stimulate further interest in chemical conversion of CO₂ using sustainable catalysts.

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Lang Xian-Dong, Liu Xiao-Fang and He Liang-Nian, Sustainable Solid Catalysts for Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ and Epoxide, Current Organic Chemistry 2015; 19 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272819666150206235935