Effective synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides by phosphonium iodides as catalysts in alcoholic solvents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.10.068

Phosphonium iodides effectively catalyzed the reaction of CO₂ and epoxides under mild conditions such as ordinary pressure and ambient temperature in 2-propanol, and the corresponding five-membered cyclic carbonates were obtained in high yields.