A novel and effective Ni complex catalyst system for the coupling reactions of carbon dioxide and epoxides

Fuwei Li; Chungu Xia; Liwen Xu; Wei Sun; Gexin Chen

doi:10.1039/b305617a

A novel and effective Ni complex catalyst system for the coupling reactions of carbon dioxide and epoxides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Aug 21:(16):2042-3. doi: 10.1039/b305617a.

Authors

Fuwei Li¹, Chungu Xia, Liwen Xu, Wei Sun, Gexin Chen

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, PR China.

PMID: 12934902
DOI: 10.1039/b305617a

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.