Highly active, bifunctional Co(III)-salen catalyst for alternating copolymerization of CO2 with cyclohexene oxide and terpolymerization with aliphatic epoxides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ma902321g

The cobalt(III) complex of a salen ligand bearing one quaternary ammonium salt on the three-position of one aromatic ring is a highly active catalyst for the alternating copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and CO₂ to afford the correspo