Comparing kinetic profiles between bifunctional and binary type of Zn(salen) based catalysts for organic carbonate formation

Zn(salen) complexes have been employed as active catalysts for the formation of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2. A series of kinetic experiments were carried out to obtain information about the mechanism for this process catalysed by this kind of complexes and in particular about the order-d...

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Autores: Martín, Carmen, Kleij, Arjan W.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2014
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/356066
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/356066
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.10.191
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:54
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Resumo:Zn(salen) complexes have been employed as active catalysts for the formation of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2. A series of kinetic experiments were carried out to obtain information about the mechanism for this process catalysed by this kind of complexes and in particular about the order-dependence in catalyst. A comparative analysis was done between the binary catalyst system Zn(salphen)/NBu4I and a bifunctional system Zn(salpyr)·MeI with a built-in nucleophile. The latter system demonstrates an apparent second order dependence on the bifunctional catalyst concentration and thus follows a different, bimetallic mechanism as opposed to the binary catalyst that is connected with a first order dependence on the catalyst concentration and a monometallic mechanism.