Cycloaddition of atmospheric CO₂ to epoxides under solvent-free conditions: a straightforward route to carbonates by green chemistry metrics.

ABSTRACT: The conversion of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into value-added organic compounds has received more and more attention over recent years, not only because this gas is one of the major anthropogenic greenhouse gases, but also because it has been regarded as an abundant, inexpensive, nontoxic, nonflammable, and renewable one-carbon (C1) resource. Along these lines, the synthesis of five-membered cyclic carbonates employing CO₂ as a safe alternative to toxic reagents such as phosgene or its derivatives is of great interest because of their wide range of applications in organic synthesis. However, most of CO₂ incorporation reactions into carbonates are carried out in toxic and non-recyclable organic solvents. Furthermore, these transformations usually proceed at elevat

SUBMITTER: Monfared A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060502 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature