title: Silanediol-catalyzed carbon dioxide fixation.
abstract: Carbon dioxide is an abundant and renewable C1 source. However, mild transformations with carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure are difficult to accomplish. Silanediols have been discovered to operate as effective hydrogen-bond donor organocatalysts for the atom-efficient conversion of epoxides to cyclic carbonates under environmentally friendly conditions. The reaction system is tolerant of a variety of epoxides and the desired cyclic carbonates are isolated in excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18thAve., Columbus, Ohio 43210 (USA) http://mattson.group.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hardman-Baldwin
authors.forename: Anita E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mattson
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012821:Silanes; C475536:silanediol; D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: carbon dioxide; cyclic carbonate; hydrogen-bond donors; metal-free catalysis; silanediol