Abstract
This review describes selected metal catalysts for the copolymerisation of epoxides and carbon dioxide to produce polycarbonates. It highlights kinetic and mechanistic studies which have implicated di- or (multi-) metallic pathways for this catalysis and the subsequent development of highly active and selective di-/(multi-) nuclear catalysts. The emphasis is on homogeneous di-/bimetallic catalysts.
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Abbreviations
- BDI:
-
β-Diiminate
- BOXDIPY:
-
1,9-bis(2-oxidophenyl)dipyrrinate
- CHC:
-
Cyclohexylene carbonate
- CHO:
-
Cyclohexene oxide
- CPO:
-
Cyclopentene oxide
- dipp:
-
2,5-diisopropylphenyl
- DMAP:
-
4-Dimethylaminopyridine
- DMC:
-
Double Metal Cyanide
- GPE:
-
Glycidyl phenyl ether
- HH:
-
Head to head
- N-MeIm:
-
N-MethylImidazole
- PC:
-
Propylene carbonate
- PCHC:
-
P(cyclohexylene carbonate)
- PO:
-
Propylene oxide
- PPC:
-
Poly(propylene carbonate)
- PPN:
-
Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium
- PSC:
-
Poly(styrene carbonate)
- SO:
-
Styrene oxide
- TH:
-
Tail to head
- TOF:
-
Turn over frequency
- TON:
-
Turn over number (mol/mol in this review)
- TT:
-
Tail to tail
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Romain, C., Thevenon, A., Saini, P.K., Williams, C.K. (2015). Dinuclear Metal Complex-Mediated Formation of CO2-Based Polycarbonates. In: Lu, XB. (eds) Carbon Dioxide and Organometallics. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol 53. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/3418_2015_95
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