Abstract
A series of previously reported homoleptic and non-homoleptic N,N-dialkylcarbamates of a range of non precious metals and N,N-dialkylcarbamate of Al(III) were investigated as easily available and inexpensive catalysts in the solventless synthesis of propylene carbonate (PC) from propylene oxide (PO) and CO2. By operating at atmospheric CO2 pressure at ambient temperature, excellent results were achieved using Ti(O2CNEt2)4, Al(O2CNR2)3 (R = Et, iPr), Cu(O2CNEt2)2 and Sn(O2CNEt2)4, in combination with NBu4X (X = Br or Cl) as a co-catalyst. The reactions of MCl2(O2CNEt2)2 (M = Ti, Zr) with amorphous silica were straightforward through partial release of both chlorido and carbamato ligands, and readily afforded solid materials which were characterized by ICP-OES and EDS analyses, coupled to SEM. These heterogeneous catalytic systems revealed less efficient than the homogeneous counterparts.
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