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Arnaud Thevenon1, Anish Cyriac2, Dominic Myers2
1Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , 13 Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3TA , United Kingdom.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 22, 2018
概括
新的催化剂可以通过单一的单核路径有效地共聚二氧化碳和环氧化物. 这些素复合物具有很高的选择性,并允许对关键中间体进行表征.
科学领域:
- 聚合物化学
- 有机金属化学
- 催化剂
背景情况:
- 二氧化碳 (CO2) 和环氧化物的交替共聚化对于聚合物合成中使用CO2至关重要.
- 现有的催化途径通常是双金属或双组件,限制了机械学的理解.
- 需要开发新的催化剂来探索替代反应机制.
研究的目的:
- 引入第一种用于CO2/环氧化物共聚的催化剂.
- 为了阐明一个独特的单核催化途径.
- 描述关键的催化中间体并了解它们的协调行为.
主要方法:
- 素结合复合物的合成和表征.
- 在低二氧化碳压力 (1 bar) 下对催化活性进行研究.
- 催化中间体 (氧化和碳酸盐复合物) 的分离和光谱分析.
- 运动研究和现场光谱监测.
主要成果:
- 酸复合物具有高活性和选择性 (>99%的碳酸结合,>70%的异选择性) 在CO2/氧化物共聚化中.
- 在没有催化剂的情况下,催化剂在1bar的CO2压力下有效运行.
- 单核氧化物 (五坐标) 和碳酸盐 (六坐标) 的中间体被分离和表征.
- 动力学数据和现场研究证实了单核路径与第一阶段依赖催化剂度和零阶段依赖CO2压力.
结论:
- 催化剂,特别是素复合物,通过CO2/环氧共聚化的一种新型单核途径运作.
- 隔离和描述中间体的能力为催化循环提供了罕见的见解.
- 这项工作为设计其他同质催化剂开辟了道路,可能使用更大的金属,通过单核机制运行.
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