A highly stable MnII phosphonate as a highly efficient catalyst for CO2 fixation under ambient conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Feb 13;54(14):1758-1761. doi: 10.1039/c7cc09867g.

Abstract

With coordinatively unsaturated metal centers decorating the channel walls, a MnII phosphonate exhibits highly efficient and substrate size-selective catalysis in the context of CO2 chemical conversion into cyclic carbonates under 1 atm pressure and at room temperature, proving to be a promising heterogeneous catalyst in an eco-friendly and energy efficient way.