title: Selective Formation of Trimethylene Carbonate (TMC): Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Utilization.
abstract: Carbon dioxide utilisation (CDU) is currently gaining increased interest due to the abundance of CO2and its possible application as a C1building block. We herein report the first example of atmospheric pressure carbon dioxide incorporation into oxetane to selectively form trimethylene carbonate (TMC), which is a significant challenge as TMC is thermodynamically less favoured than its corresponding co-polymer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK E-mail: b.r.buckley@lboro.ac.uk u.wijayantha@lboro.ac.uk http://brbuckley.wix.com/the-buckley-group.
authors.forename: Benjamin R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK E-mail: b.r.buckley@lboro.ac.uk u.wijayantha@lboro.ac.uk http://brbuckley.wix.com/the-buckley-group.
authors.forename: Anish P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK E-mail: b.r.buckley@lboro.ac.uk u.wijayantha@lboro.ac.uk http://brbuckley.wix.com/the-buckley-group.
authors.forename: K G Upul
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wijayantha
keywords: Carbon dioxide utilization; Copper; Electrochemistry; Small ring systems; Synthetic methods­