Making chiral salen complexes work with organocatalysts

YC Yuan, M Mellah, E Schulz, ORP David - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bisimine derivatives of salicylaldehyde with chiral diamines (salens) are privileged ligands
in asymmetric organometallic catalysis, which can be used in cooperation with …

Recent advances in asymmetric synthesis with CO2

CK Ran, XW Chen, YY Gui, J Liu, L Song, K Ren… - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is an important and appealing C1 building block in chemical
synthesis due to its nontoxicity, abundance, availability and sustainability. Tremendous …

Cr (salophen) complex catalyzed cyclic carbonate synthesis at ambient temperature and pressure

JA Castro-Osma, KJ Lamb, M North - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
The combination of a chromium (III) salophen bromide complex and tetrabutylammonium
bromide is shown to catalyze the reaction between terminal epoxides and carbon dioxide at …

Aluminum(salen) Complexes as Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides via CO2 Coupling

M North, SCZ Quek, NE Pridmore, AC Whitwood… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The development of inexpensive and sustainable aluminum (salen) complexes as catalysts
for the kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides is described. The kinetic resolution is carried …

Metal–salen molecular cages as efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalysts for cycloaddition of CO 2 with epoxides under ambient conditions

CK Ng, RW Toh, TT Lin, HK Luo, TSA Hor, J Wu - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A salen based molecular cage, salen@ cage, was synthesized and complexed with Co and
Al to yield metal–salen molecular cages, Co (II)@ cage, Co (III)@ cage and Al (III)@ cage …

A bifunctional cationic porous organic polymer based on a Salen-(Al) metalloligand for the cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to produce cyclic carbonates

TT Liu, J Liang, YB Huang, R Cao - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A bifunctional cationic porous organic polymer based on a Salen-(Al) metalloligand (Al-
CPOP) containing imidazolium functionality exhibited enhanced activity and good …

Quaternary ammonium hydroxide as a metal-free and halogen-free catalyst for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide

T Ema, K Fukuhara, T Sakai, M Ohbo, FQ Bai… - Catalysis Science & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH) and other quaternary ammonium hydroxides
catalyzed the cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides under solvent-free conditions to give cyclic …

A bimetallic aluminium (salphen) complex for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide

X Wu, M North - ChemSusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A bimetallic aluminium (salphen) complex is reported as a sustainable, efficient and
inexpensive catalyst for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon …

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis using carbon dioxide as a C1 synthon

Y Shi, BW Pan, Y Zhou, J Zhou, YL Liu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes the advances in catalytic enantioselective reactions using CO2 as a
C1 synthon, introduces major synthetic strategies and discusses their advantages and …

Amidinate aluminium complexes as catalysts for carbon dioxide fixation into cyclic carbonates

DO Meléndez, A Lara‐Sánchez, J Martínez… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A series of inexpensive and sustainable amidinate aluminium complexes has been
developed as catalysts for the chemical fixation of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates. The …