Choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents for efficient cycloaddition of CO2 with propylene oxide

Kai Wu; Ting Su; Dongmei Hao; Weiping Liao; Yuchao Zhao; Wanzhong Ren; Changliang Deng; Hongying Lü

doi:10.1039/c8cc04412k

Choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents for efficient cycloaddition of CO₂ with propylene oxide

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Aug 23;54(69):9579-9582. doi: 10.1039/c8cc04412k.

Authors

Kai Wu¹, Ting Su, Dongmei Hao, Weiping Liao, Yuchao Zhao, Wanzhong Ren, Changliang Deng, Hongying Lü

Affiliation

¹ Green Chemistry Centre, Department College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, 32 Qingquan Road, Yantai 264005, Shandong, China. hylv@ytu.edu.cn.

PMID: 30101251
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04412k

Abstract

Choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) exhibited remarkable activity in the cycloaddition of CO2 with propylene oxide (PO) in the absence of any additives under solvent- and metal-free conditions as well as recyclability.