CO2による非対称な触媒:ラセミックエポキシドから光学的に活性なプロピレン炭酸を直接合成する

Xiao-Bing Lu1, Bin Liang, Yin-Ju Zhang

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China. lxb-1999@163.com

まとめ

研究者らは,光学的に活性なプロピレン炭酸を生産するための新しい触媒運動解像度法を開発しました. この効率的なプロセスは,二酸化炭素とラセミックエポキシドをキラルなSalenCo (III) 触媒で利用しています.

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