Influence of temperature and pressure on cyclic carbonate synthesis catalyzed by bimetallic aluminum complexes and application to overall syn-bis-hydroxylation of …

C Beattie, M North, P Villuendas…

Index: Beattie, Christopher; North, Michael; Villuendas, Pedro; Young, Carl Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 78, # 2 p. 419 - 426

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Abstract

The effect of moderate temperatures (22–100° C) and pressures (1–10 bar) on the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide catalyzed by a combination of bimetallic aluminum complexes and tetrabutylammonium bromide is investigated. The combined bimetallic complex and tetrabutylammonium bromide catalyst system is shown to be an order of magnitude more active than the use of tetrabutylammonium bromide alone ...