Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (10): 3063-3076.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202405048 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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杂核金属配合物催化CO2和环氧烷反应的研究进展

王艳伟a, 陈薇薇a, 袁丹a,*(), 张勇b,*(), 姚英明a,*()   

  1. a 苏州大学材料与化学化工学部 江苏省有机合成重点实验室 苏州 215123
    b 苏州工业园区服务外包职业学院 苏州 215123
  • 收稿日期:2024-05-31 修回日期:2024-09-03 发布日期:2024-09-10
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22271205)

Advances in the Reactions of CO2 and Epoxides Catalyzed by Heterometallic Complexes

Yanwei Wanga, Weiwei Chena, Dan Yuana,*(), Yong Zhangb(), Yingming Yaoa()   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123
    b Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Services and Outsourcing, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123
  • Received:2024-05-31 Revised:2024-09-03 Published:2024-09-10
  • Contact: *E-mail: yuandan@suda.edu.cn;zhangyong@siso.edu.cn;yaoym@suda.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22271205)

As global warming is getting serious, the concept of sustainable development is attracting increasing interests, and the utilization of CO2 as a renewable resource is receiving intensive study. In the presence of catalysts, CO2 reacts with epoxides to produce cyclic carbonates and polycarbonates. Cyclic carbonates have found wide applications in fields of lithium-ion batteries, organic synthesis and fine chemical production. Polycarbonates are a type of biodegradable polymer material, and can be used as adhesives, food packaging and optical media, etc. The reaction with epoxides is thus one representative of CO2 utilization. Recent studies report that mononuclear and polynuclear metal complexes could catalyze this reaction. Among these examples, heterometallic complexes have shown good activities, due to the synergistic effect between different metals. The synthesis of heterometallic complexes and their applications in catalyzing the reactions of CO2 with epoxides over the past 20 years are reviewed, and the characteristics of various catalysts as well as possible reaction mechanisms are discussed.

Key words: CO2, epoxide, cyclic carbonate, polycarbonate, heterometallic complex