Marino T, Ponte F, Mazzone G, Sicilia E, Toscano M, Russo N. The ability of a zinc pyrrolidine complex to catalyze the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides: a mechanistic theoretical investigation.
Dalton Trans 2017;
46:9030-9035. [DOI:
10.1039/c7dt01642e]
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Abstract
The reaction mechanism for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides catalyzed by a zinc pyrrolidine complex has been elucidated using the density functional level of theory.
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