Facile insertion of CO2 into metal–phenoxide bonds

Sait Elmas; M. Afzal Subhani; Henning Vogt; Walter Leitner; Thomas E. Müller

doi:10.1039/C3GC40147B

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Facile insertion of CO₂ into metal–phenoxide bonds†

Sait Elmas,^a M. Afzal Subhani,^a Henning Vogt,^a Walter Leitner^bc and Thomas E. Müller*^a

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^b Institut für technische und makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

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Abstract

The activation of CO₂ is highlighted for two lead-structures of cobalt- and zinc-based homogeneous catalysts used in the copolymerization of epoxides and CO₂. Following the activation of CO₂ with in situ ATR-IR spectroscopy, a surprisingly facile insertion of CO₂ into metal–phenoxide bonds was revealed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC40147B
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 18 Jan 2013
Accepted: 21 Mar 2013
First published: 21 Mar 2013

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Green Chem., 2013,15, 1356-1360

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Facile insertion of CO₂ into metal–phenoxide bonds

S. Elmas, M. A. Subhani, H. Vogt, W. Leitner and T. E. Müller, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 1356 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40147B

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