A single-site hydroxyapatite-bound zinc catalyst for highly efficient chemical fixation of carbon dioxide with epoxides.
A zinc-based hydroxyapatite catalyst in conjunction with a Lewis base proved to be efficient for the coupling of CO2 and epoxide in the absence of additional organic solvents under an atmospheric CO2 pressure; the work-up procedure is straightforward and the catalyst could be reused without loss of catalytic activity and selectivity.
Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
Kohsuke
K
Mori
Yohei
Y
Mitani
Takayoshi
T
Hara
Tomoo
T
Mizugaki
Kohki
K
Ebitani
Kiyotomi
K
Kaneda