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SUBMITTER: Martin C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4143085 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20140808
Zn(salen) complexes have been employed as active catalysts for the formation of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2. A series of kinetic experiments was carried out to obtain information about the mechanism for this process catalyzed by these complexes and in particular about the order-dependence in catalyst. A comparative analysis was done between the binary catalyst system Zn(salphen)/NBu4I and a bifunctional system Zn(salpyr)·MeI with a built-in nucleophile. The latter system demonstrates ...[more]