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Microporous Polymeric Spheres as Highly Efficient and Metal-Free Catalyst for the Cycloaddition of CO2 to Cyclic Organic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions

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The cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides to cyclic organic carbonates using metal-free heterogeneous catalysts is considered as a 100% atom-economic and environmental-friendly route for CO2 utilization. Herein, we developed a metal-free microporous polymeric spheres catalyst (p-TBIB) by a simple Friedel–Crafts alkylation and applied in the cycloaddition of CO2 to cyclic organic carbonates. The catalyst shows high CO2 uptake (62.7 cm3 g−1, at 298 K and 1 bar), high selectivity over N2 (46 at 298 K) and perfect cycloaddition activities (66–97%) and selectivities (over 99%) and reusability (at least ten cycles) at ambient conditions (at 298 K and 1 bar).

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Acknowledgements

This work supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21663016), the Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province For Environment and Energy Catalysis (No. 20181BCD40004), the research project on teaching reform of degree and graduate education of Jiangxi Province (No. JXYJG-2018-007), the project of East China University of Technology of experimental technology research and development (No. DHSYKF-2019-024) and the Opening Project of Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices (No. PMND201906).

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    Shunmin Ding, Ling Sun, Xiaohua Ma, Dan Cheng, Shaohua Wu, Shengjun Deng, Chao Chen & Ning Zhang

  2. Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China

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Ding, S., Sun, L., Ma, X. et al. Microporous Polymeric Spheres as Highly Efficient and Metal-Free Catalyst for the Cycloaddition of CO2 to Cyclic Organic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions. Catal Lett 150, 2970–2977 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03206-y

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