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Zinc porphyrin-based porous polymer for the efficient CO2 fixation to cyclic carbonates at ambient temperature

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This work reports the synthesis of Zinc porphyrin-based porous (POP-ZnTPP) by a typical Yamamoto-Ullmann coupling reaction, which exhibited abundant tiny nanopores, excellent CO2 adsorption capacity, and CO2/N2 selectivity. The open pore environment of POP-ZnTPP facilitated the exposure of active sites, which intensified the catalytic activity in the cycloaddition reaction of epoxides (PO) with CO2 under mild conditions. As expected, POP-ZnTPP catalyst completely converted PO to cyclic carbonates (COCs) at ambient temperature (25 °C, 1.5 MPa). It is also worth noting that POP-ZnTPP could convert PO into COCs under the simulated flue gas (15% CO2 and 85% N2, v/v) atmosphere, which is very favorable for industrial applications of CO2. In addition, POP-ZnTPP catalyst as one of the most outstanding catalysts exhibited excellent broad substrate scope and remarkable reusability. This work has a certain guiding significance for developing an environmentally friendly COC production process.

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Cai, Z., Guo, X., Zhang, L. et al. Zinc porphyrin-based porous polymer for the efficient CO2 fixation to cyclic carbonates at ambient temperature. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 135, 2565–2578 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02284-w

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