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Ionic hypercrosslinked polymers featuring hydrogen bonds and Lewis base sites for enhancing the CO2–epoxide coupling reaction

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The role of interactions between the cationic backbone and basic anions in green and ultra-selective catalytic synthesis of ethyl methyl carbonate in tunable ionized frameworks

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Green Chem., 2024, 26, 10500
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Recent progress in CO2 conversion into organic chemicals by molecular catalysis

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Green Chem., 2023, 25, 6538
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Halide-free deep eutectic solvents constructed from natural compounds for converting carbon dioxide to cyclic carbonate

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Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 3391
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Cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides into cyclic carbonates catalyzed by a binary organocatalyst under mild conditions

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Bifunctional picolinate ionic liquids as metal-/halide-free sustainable catalysts for CO2 cycloaddition to epoxides

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Thermally driven conformational tuning of pyridine bis-salicylaldimine for efficient CO2 activation and cyclic carbonate formation under mild conditions

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Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 20073
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Biomass-based ionic liquids efficiently catalyzed the cycloaddition reaction of epoxides with CO2 by hydrogen-bonding and the anion cooperative effect

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Assessment of Green Chemistry Metrics for Carbon Dioxide Fixation into Cyclic Carbonates Using Eutectic Mixtures as Catalyst: Comprehensive Evaluation on the Example of a Tannic Acid-Derived System

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Diamide-linked imidazolyl Poly(dicationic ionic liquid)s for the conversion of CO2 to cyclic carbonates under ambient pressure

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 656, 47
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Deep eutectic solvents composed of 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazole halides and pyridine derivatives for efficient absorption and conversion of SO2 into cyclic sulfites under ambient conditions

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Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 361, 131475
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Synergistic Hydrogen‐Bonding and CO2 Activation: A Sustainable Metal, Halogen, and Solvent‐Free Strategy for CO2 Cycloaddition

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ChemCatChem, 2025, 17
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Carbon Dioxide Cycloaddition to Epoxides Promoted by Nicotinamidium Halide Catalysts: A DFT Investigation

Valeria Butera

ChemPlusChem, 2023, 88
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Metal–Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks as Catalysts and Photocatalysts for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from CO2 and Epoxides

Hossein Yazdani, Ali Rostami and Ahmed Al‐Harrasi

ChemNanoMat, 2025, 11
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Regulation Mechanism of Entropy–Enthalpy Compensation Effect on Charge Trap Energy Levels in Hydrogen-Bonded PP-g-MA/PVDF Composites

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Macromolecules, 2026, 59, 2724
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Solvent-Free Coupling Reaction of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides Catalyzed by Quaternary Ammonium Functionalized Schiff Base Metal Complexes under Mild Conditions

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Materials, 2023, 16, 1646
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Bridging hydroxyl-functionalized MgO as an efficient heterogeneous hydrogen-bond-donor catalyst for CO2 fixation into propylene carbonates

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Chemical Engineering Science, 2025, 311, 121511
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2‐Formyl‐5‐(hydroxymethyl)furan (HMF) Derivatives as Active Complexing Agent for CO2 Insertion Reaction

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Eur J Org Chem, 2025, 28
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Experimental and Computational Study of Pyridine Carboxylate Ionic Liquid‐Mediated Knoevenagel Condensation at Ultralow Loadings

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The sustainable catalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals by using cobaloxime-based double complex salts as efficient and solvent-free catalysts

Ahmet Kilic, Anas Alhafez, Emine Aytar and Rahime Soylemez

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2023, 554, 121547
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Cooperative 3-Pyridonate-Functionalized Zinc(II) Imidazolium Catalysts for CO2 Cycloaddition to Challenging Epoxides at Ambient Conditions: A Pathway to Renewable Cyclic Carbonates

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Highly efficient capture and conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates from actual flue gas under atmospheric pressure

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Celecoxib Catalyzed the Coupling Reaction of Epoxide and CO2

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Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxides by novel metal and halide-free chiral boron compounds

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Cycloaddition Reactions of Epoxides and CO2 Catalyzed by Bifunctional Rare‐Earth Metal Complexes Bearing Amino‐Bridged Tris(phenolato) Ligands

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Chin. J. Chem., 2024, 42, 1571
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Iron(III) Complexes with Pyridine Group Coordination and Dissociation Reversible Equilibrium: Cooperative Activation of CO2 and Epoxides into Cyclic Carbonates

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Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 16491
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Heteronuclear bicentric ionic liquids tailored for moderate catalytic conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates

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Molecular Catalysis, 2024, 562, 114227
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2‐Benzamide Tellurenyl Iodides: Synthesis and Their Catalytic Role in CO2 Mitigation

Saket Jain, Monojit Batabyal, Raviraj Ananda Thorat, Pratibha Choudhary, Raushan Kumar Jha and Sangit Kumar

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
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