Baalbaki, Hassan A.; Roshandel, Hootan; Hein, Jason E.; Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa published their research in Catalysis Science & Technology in 2021. The article was titled 《Conversion of dilute CO2 to cyclic carbonates at sub-atmospheric pressures by a simple indium catalyst》.Related Products of 13465-09-3 The article contains the following contents:
The transformation of CO2 to value added commodity chems. presents an impactful strategy to obtain products that are less dependent on fossil fuels. In this study, indium tribromide (InBr3) mixed with tetrabutylammonium bromide (NBu4Br) co-catalyst has been identified as a simple, highly efficient catalyst for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 at sub-atm. pressures, room temperature, and under solvent-free conditions. The InBr3/NBu4Br catalytic system is tolerant toward different functional groups with high conversions and >99% selectivity for cyclic carbonate without resorting to high pressures and temperatures Moreover, a combination of in situ IR, NMR spectroscopy, and substrate labeling experiments enabled the proof of key catalytic steps and detection of reaction intermediates to elucidate the reaction mechanism. This technol. represents a potential scalable system for the utilization of waste CO2. After reading the article, we found that the author used Indium(III) bromide(cas: 13465-09-3Related Products of 13465-09-3)
Indium(III) bromide(cas: 13465-09-3) is used in organic synthesis as a water tolerant Lewis acid. It efficiently catalyzes the three-component coupling of β-keto esters, aldehydes and urea (or thiourea) to afford the corresponding dihydropyrimidinones.Related Products of 13465-09-3
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