2-Picolinic acid as a naturally occurring hydrogen bond donor for the preparation of cyclic carbonates from terminal/internal epoxides and CO<sub>2</sub>
Ali Rostami, Amirhossein Ebrahimi, Mohammed Al-Jassasi, Saber Mirzaei, Ahmed Al‐Harrasi
Abstract
Naturally sourced 2-picolinic acid was discovered as an off-the-shelf, non-toxic, and inexpensive HBD catalyst for the cycloaddition of CO 2 to both internal and terminal epoxides to prepare cyclic carbonates at low catalyst loadings.
Topics & Concepts
Picolinic acidCatalysisChemistryTerminal (telecommunication)EpoxideHydrogen bondCycloadditionHydrogenOrganic chemistryPolymer chemistryMoleculeComputer scienceTelecommunicationsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalysis for Biomass Conversion