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Vanadium Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyclic Organic Carbonates
Author(s) -
Coletti Alessia,
Whiteoak Christopher J.,
Conte Valeria,
Kleij Arjan W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201100398
Subject(s) - catalysis , substituent , chemistry , cycloaddition , vanadium , epoxide , vanadate , organic synthesis , reactivity (psychology) , schiff base , organic base , carbon fixation , polymer chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , carbon dioxide , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Vanadium complexes bearing easily synthesized, differently functionalized salen and salphen ligands were prepared and tested for their ability to catalyze the cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxides resulting in cyclic organic carbonates. The reactivity of the prepared catalysts dramatically increases when a coordinating hydroxyl group is present as a substituent in the organic epoxide. The commercially available [VO(acac) 2 ] complex was used as reference compound, and, in this case, we found that V 10 O 26 ⋅(NBu 4 ) 4 was formed during the catalytic reactions. This compound, characterized by X‐ray diffraction analysis, is likely the active catalyst, and it results in significantly better yields of cyclic carbonates compared to those obtained with Schiff base containing vanadyl complexes. The high activity of the mixed polyoxo vanadyl‐vanadate complex marks it as a powerful catalyst within the context of CO 2 fixation chemistry.