Dual-ionic imidazolium salts to promote synthesis of cyclic carbonates at atmospheric pressure

Tengfei Wang; Danning Zheng; Beibei An; Yi Liu; Tiegang Ren; Hans Ågren; Li Wang; Jinglai Zhang; Mårten S.G. Ahlquist

Green Energy & Environment (Dec 2022)

Dual-ionic imidazolium salts to promote synthesis of cyclic carbonates at atmospheric pressure

Tengfei Wang,
Danning Zheng,
Beibei An,
Yi Liu,
Tiegang Ren,
Hans Ågren,
Li Wang,
Jinglai Zhang,
Mårten S.G. Ahlquist

Affiliations

Tengfei Wang: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Danning Zheng: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Beibei An: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Yi Liu: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Tiegang Ren: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Hans Ågren: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China
Li Wang: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Corresponding authors.
Jinglai Zhang: Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Anticorrosion Technology for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Corrosion and Protection for Magnesium Alloys, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, China; Corresponding authors.
Mårten S.G. Ahlquist: Department of Theoretical Chemistry & Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 6
pp. 1327 – 1339

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Novel dual-ionic imidazolium salts are shown to display excellent catalytic activity for cycloaddition of carbon dioxide and epoxides under room temperature and atmospheric pressure (0.1 MPa) without any solvent and co-catalyst leading to 96.1% product yield. It can be reused five times to keep the product yield over 90%. These intriguing results are attributed to a new reaction mechanism, which is supported by theoretical calculations along with the measurements of 13C NMR spectrum and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The excellent catalytic activity can be traced to a CO2-philic group along with an electrophilic hydrogen atom. Our work shows that incorporation of CO2-philic group is an feasible pathway to develop the new efficient ionic liquids.

Published in Green Energy & Environment

ISSN: 2468-0257 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/green-energy-and-environment/

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