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A novel and effective Ni complex catalyst system for the coupling reactions of carbon dioxide and epoxides
Fuwei Li1, Chungu Xia, Liwen Xu
1State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, PR China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 26, 2003
Abstract:
The coupling of carbon dioxide and mono-substituted terminal epoxides or cyclohexene oxide to form cyclic carbonates under a Ni complex catalyst system without using additional organic solvents was achieved in excellent selectivity and TOF.