Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and CO2

• Published in: Topics in current chemistry (2016) Vol. 375; no. 3
• Main Authors: Büttner, Hendrik, Longwitz, Lars, Steinbauer, Johannes, Wulf, Christoph, Werner, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Chemical Transformations of Carbon Dioxide; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Life Sciences; Materials Science; Molecular Medicine; Physics; Review; Carbon dioxide; Cyclic carbonates; Transition metal catalysis; CO; Organocatalysis; 1,3-Dioxolan-2-one; Homogeneous catalysis; Epoxide; Ionic liquids; Main group metal catalysis; Green chemistry; Catalysis; Onium salts
• ISSN: 2365-0869; 2364-8961
• DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0136-5

The use of CO 2 as a C1 building block will be of essential importance in the future. In this context the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO 2 gained great attention recently. These products are valuable compounds in a variety of chemical fields. The development of new catalysts and...