Evolution of Copolymers of Epoxides and CO2: Catalysts, Monomers, Architectures, and Applications

GW Yang, R **e, YY Zhang, CK Xu, GP Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides presents a transformative approach to
converting greenhouse gases into aliphatic polycarbonates (CO2-PCs), thereby reducing …

Scalable Bifunctional Organoboron Catalysts for Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides with Unprecedented Efficiency

GW Yang, YY Zhang, R **e, GP Wu - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The metallic catalyst-dominated alternating copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides has
flourished for 50 years; however, the involved multistep preparation of the catalysts and the …

Group 4 complexes as catalysts for the transformation of CO2 into polycarbonates and cyclic carbonates

M Mandal - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Group 4 complexes, especially titanium, are soil compostable and nontoxic to the soil
environment. Hence, group 4 complexes as catalysts are the perfect alternative for the …

Earth-abundant bimetallic and multimetallic catalysts for Epoxide/CO2 ring-opening copolymerization

L Grefe, E Mejía - Tetrahedron, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to reduce mankind's carbon footprint and thus reducing the environmental toll of
human activities, it is necessary to implement industrial technologies to convert carbon …

Heterodinuclear titanium/zinc catalysis: synthesis, characterization and activity for CO 2/epoxide copolymerization and cyclic ester polymerization

JA Garden, AJP White, CK Williams - Dalton Transactions, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of heterodinuclear complexes, especially those comprising early-late
transition metals coordinated by a simple or symmetrical ancillary ligand, represents a …

Preparation of Schiff base metal catalyst and its catalytic synthesis of propylene carbonate from CO2

Y **e, J Li, C Li, X Wang, J Zhang - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, research on the conversion of CO 2 into fine chemical products has
emerged as a prominent and dynamic area of study. In this study, four ligands were …

Comparison of three elements (In, Sn, and Sb) in the same period as catalysts in the ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide: from amorphous to semicrystalline …

OF González-Belman, JOC Jiménez-Halla… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide (L-LA) is the main method for
synthesizing poly (L-lactide)(PLLA), in which choosing the catalyst is one of the most …

Di‐Zinc–Aryl Complexes: CO2 Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis

C Romain, JA Garden, G Trott… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Two new di‐zinc–aryl complexes,[LZn2Ph2] and [LZn2 (C6F5) 2], coordinated by a diphenol
tetraamine macrocyclic ligand have been prepared and fully characterised, including by …

Synthesis and structural characterization of titanium and zirconium complexes containing half-salen ligands as catalysts for polymerization reactions

M Mandal, U Monkowius, D Chakraborty - New Journal of Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Complexes 1–7 were synthesized from tridentate half-salen ligands in good yields and
purity. They were characterized by various spectroscopic techniques, elemental analyses …

Homoleptic titanium and zirconium complexes exhibiting unusual O iminol–metal coordination: application in stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of lactide

SK Roymuhury, M Mandal, D Chakraborty… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis and characterization of novel homoleptic Ti and Zr complexes with tridentate
ONO-type Schiff base ligands and their catalytic activities towards the ring-opening …