Chiral ionic liquids improved the asymmetric cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides†
Suling Zhang,Yongzhong Huang,Huanwang Jing,Weixuan Yao,Peng Yan
Green Chemistry Pub Date : 04/14/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B821513H
Abstract
The new catalyst system of chiral SalenCo(OAc)/chiral ionic liquid was developed to catalyze the asymmetric cycloaddition reaction of CO2 and epoxides yielding the chiral cyclic carbonates. The synergistic effect between them is discussed.
