Chapter 11: Heterogeneous Copolymerization of CO2
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Published:19 Dec 2022
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Special Collection: 2022 ebook collectionSeries: Green Chemistry
S. Padmanaban and S. Yoon, in Chemical Valorisation of Carbon Dioxide, ed. G. Stefanidis and A. Stankiewicz, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022, ch. 11, pp. 229-253.
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Recently, catalytic conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to chemical commodities has received much interest. Among various possibilities, the copolymerization of CO2 with cyclic ethers to produce aliphatic polycarbonates is a promising approach. Among various homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, the Zn-dicarboxylates and double metal cyanide complexes are mainly used in the large-scale production of aliphatic polycarbonates. In this chapter, the developments in the heterogeneously catalyzed copolymerization of CO2 with cyclic ethers are briefly reported.