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Marius Mamone1, Thierry Milcent, Benoit Crousse
1Univ Paris-Sud, BioCIS, CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, LabEx LERMIT, 5 rue J-B. Clément, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France. benoit.crousse@u-psud.fr.
Abstract:
The high solubility of CO2 in hydrofluoroethers led to various cyclic carbonates with excellent selectivities and yields. The fluorinated phase increased the amount of CO2 in contact with the reagents. Reactions could be realized under mild conditions at 80 °C, under atmospheric pressure or under 5 bar.
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