Tadashi Ema, Yuki Miyazaki, Shohei Koyama, Yuya Yano and Takashi Sakai
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4489-4491
DOI:
10.1039/C2CC30591G,
Communication
We have developed a very active bifunctional porphyrin catalyst showing a high turnover number (TON = 103 000) for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxides under solvent-free conditions.