Issue 37, 2012
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Chemical Communications

A bifunctional catalyst for carbon dioxide fixation: cooperative double activation of epoxides for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates†‡

Tadashi Ema,*a   Yuki Miyazaki,a   Shohei Koyama,a   Yuya Yanoa  and  Takashi Sakai*a  

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a Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
E-mail: ema@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC30591G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jan 2012
Accepted
09 Mar 2012
First published
30 Mar 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4489-4491

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A bifunctional catalyst for carbon dioxide fixation: cooperative double activation of epoxides for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates

T. Ema, Y. Miyazaki, S. Koyama, Y. Yano and T. Sakai, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4489 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30591G

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