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Environmentally benign chemical fixation of CO2 catalyzed by the functionalized ion-exchange resins

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Basic ion-exchange resins, one kind of polystyryl-supported tertiary amine, were demonstrated to be highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for the fixation of carbon dioxide with aziridines under mild conditions, leading to the formation of 5-aryl-2-oxazolidinone with excellent regio-selectivities. Notably, neither solvents nor any additives were required, and the catalyst could be recovered by simple filtration and directly reused at least five times without significant loss of catalytic activity and selectivity. The present protocol has been applied to reactions of epoxides/propargyl amines with CO2/CS2. This solvent-free process thus represents environmentally friendly catalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals and may have potential in various continuous flow reactors in industry.

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    AnHua Liu, LiangNian He, ShiYong Peng, ZhongDa Pan, JingLun Wang & Jian Gao

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Liu, A., He, L., Peng, S. et al. Environmentally benign chemical fixation of CO2 catalyzed by the functionalized ion-exchange resins. Sci. China Chem. 53, 1578–1585 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-010-4028-6

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