Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and diols via electrogenerated N-heterocyclic carbenes

  • La Xia Wu
  • , Huan Wang
  • , Zhuo Ying Tu
  • , Bin Bin Ding
  • , Yan Xiao
  • , Jia Xing Lu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Synthesis of cyclic carbonates has been achieved from CO2 and diols in room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) via electrogenerated N-heterocyclic carbenes with good yields. Only mild reaction conditions of 40 °C temperature and 1 atm CO2 were used. This work provides a new procedure for synthesis of cyclic carbonates, as well as expands the function of NHCs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11540-11549
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Electrochemical Science
Volume7
Issue number11
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • CO
  • Cyclic Carbonates
  • Diols
  • Electrogenerated
  • N-heterocyclic Carbenes

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