A Novel [OSSO]-Type Chromium(III) Complex as a Versatile Catalyst for Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide with Epoxides

Francesco Della Monica; Veronica Paradiso; Alfonso Grassi; Stefano Milione; Luigi Cavallo; Carmine Capacchione

doi:10.1002/chem.201905455

A Novel [OSSO]-Type Chromium(III) Complex as a Versatile Catalyst for Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide with Epoxides

Chemistry. 2020 Apr 24;26(24):5347-5353. doi: 10.1002/chem.201905455. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Authors

Francesco Della Monica^{1

2}, Veronica Paradiso¹, Alfonso Grassi¹, Stefano Milione¹, Luigi Cavallo¹, Carmine Capacchione¹

Affiliations

¹ "A. Zambelli" Department of Chemistry and Biology, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy.
² Current address: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans, 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.

PMID: 31999359
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905455

Abstract

A new chromium(III) complex, bearing a bis-thioether-diphenolate [OSSO]-type ligand, was found to be an efficient catalyst in the copolymerization of CO₂ and epoxides to achieve poly(propylene carbonate), poly(cyclohexene carbonate), poly(hexene carbonate) and poly(styrene carbonate), as well as poly(propylene carbonate)(cyclohexene carbonate) and poly(propylene carbonate)(hexene carbonate) terpolymers.

Keywords: biopolymers; carbon dioxide; chromium; homogeneous catalysis; polycarbonates.