Tao-Tao Liu, Jun Liang, Rui Xu, Yuan-Biao Huang and Rong Cao
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 4063-4066
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC10268F,
Communication
The salen-Co(III) motif was inserted into imidazolium-functionalized multivariate cationic zirconium metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The salen-Co(III), as a Lewis acid site, and the Br− of imidazolium, as a nucleophile, are synergistically catalytic for the enhanced cycloaddition reaction of carbon dioxide with epoxides.