Electronic and Steric Effects on Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Polymerization: Subtle Modifications Resulting in Superior Activities

作者：David Richard Moore, Ming T. Cheng, Emil B. Lobkovsky, Geoffrey W. Coates · 发表于：Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1002/1521-3773(20020715)41:14<2599::aid-anie2599>3.0.co;2-n · 被引用次数：449 · 研究领域：Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis、Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis、Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

CO2 is perhaps the most attractive carbon-based feedstock owing to its abundance and low toxicity. Utilization of this contributor to global warming is a long-standing goal. Reported here are new single-site β-diiminate zinc catalysts that exhibit unprecedented activities for CO2/epoxide polymerization (see scheme).