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Direct oxidative carboxylation of terminal olefins to cyclic carbonates by tungstate assisted-tandem catalysis
Calmanti, Roberto,Perosa, Alvise,Selva, Maurizio
, p. 7609 - 7619 (2021/10/12)
Tungstate catalysts are well established for olefin epoxidation reactions, while their catalytic activity for CO2 insertion in epoxides is a more recent discovery. This dual reactivity of tungstate prompted the present development of a catalytic tandem process for the direct conversion of olefins into the corresponding cyclic organic carbonates (COCs). Each of the two steps was studied in the presence of the ammonium tungstate ionic liquid catalyst-[N8,8,8,1]2[WO4]-obtained via a benign procedure starting from ammonium methylcarbonate ionic liquids. The catalytic epoxidation first step was optimised on 1-decene as model substrate, using H2O2 as benign oxidant, [N8,8,8,1]2[WO4] as catalyst and phosphoric acid as promoter affording quantitative conversion with 92% selectivity towards decene oxide. Unfortunately, the addition of CO2 from the start (auto-tandem catalysis) gave low yields of decene carbonate (10%). On the contrary, the addition of 1 atm CO2 and tetrabutyl ammonium iodide after completion of the epoxidation first step without any intermediate work-up (assisted-tandem catalysis) afforded a 94% yield in decene carbonate. The protocol could be scaled up to a 10 gram scale. The scope of the reaction was demonstrated for primary aliphatic olefins with different alkyl chain lengths (C6-C16), while cyclic and aromatic activated olefins such as cyclohexene and styrene suffered from the formation of undesired overoxidation products in the first step.
Straightforward synthesis of MTW-type magnesium silicalite for CO2 fixation with epoxides under mild conditions
Wen, Haimeng,Xie, Jingyan,Zhou, Yang,Zhou, Yu,Wang, Jun
, p. 5725 - 5735 (2019/10/23)
Aluminum-free magnesium silicalite with MTW topology (Mg-Si-ZSM-12) was fabricated via a straightforward hydrothermal synthesis route involving an initial acid co-hydrolysis step. Mg incorporation endowed superior basic properties to the MTW framework, as illustrated by CO2 sorption and temperature programmed desorption plus the activity in a typical basic reaction, Knoevenagel condensation. Mg-Si-ZSM-12 catalyzed the coupling of atmospheric CO2 with epoxides and led to the efficient production of cyclic carbonates with high yield and selectivity at relatively low temperature (down to 60 °C). The present strategy afforded a zeolitic solid base with regular 12-membered ring microporous channels that has potential application in CO2 fixation.
