James W. Comerford, Ian D. V. Ingram, Michael North and Xiao Wu
Green Chem., 2015,17, 1966-1987
DOI:
10.1039/C4GC01719F,
Critical Review
The use of sustainable metal-based catalysts for the synthesis of five-membered ring containing cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide is critically reviewed. Coverage is restricted to catalysis by the abundant metals: sodium, potassium, aluminium, calcium, titanium and iron and the relative merits and limitations of each catalyst system are compared.
