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ACS CATALYSIS
卷 8, 期 8, 页码 6882-6893出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01695
关键词
iron; carbon dioxide; cycloaddition; polymerization; mechanism; kinetics; DFT
资金
- Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR, Roma, Italy)
- University degli Studi di Salerno [FARB 2016-ORSA165551]
- Centro di Tecnologie Integrate per la Salute [PONa3_00138]
- Alexander von Humboldt foundation
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
The selective conversion of variously substituted epoxides into the corresponding cyclic carbonates under mild reaction conditions was achieved with mononuclear Fe(III) complexes bearing bis-thioether-diphenolate [OSSO]-type ligands, in combination with tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB). For example, propylene carbonate was obtained in 1 h at 35 degrees C (turnover frequency, TOF = 290 h(-1)), from propylene oxide and 1 bar of CO2 pressure, using 0.1 mol % of the Fe(III) complex and 0.5 mol % of TBAB. Product divergence is observed only for cyclohexene oxide toward the exclusive formation of the aliphatic polycarbonate (TOF = 165 h(-1) at 80 degrees C and 1 bar of CO2 pressure, using 0.1 mol % of the Fe(III) complex and 0.1 mol % of tetrabutylammonium chloride). Kinetic investigations indicated reaction orders of two and one, with respect to the Fe(III) complex, for the production of propylene carbonate and the poly(cyclohexene carbonate), respectively. The enthalpy and entropy of activation were determined using the Eyring equation [for propylene carbonate: Delta H-double dagger = 8.4 +/- 0.7 kcal/mol and Delta S-double dagger = -33 +/- 3 cal/(molK); for poly(cyclohexene carbonate): Delta H-double dagger = 11.9 +/- 0.3 kal/mol and Delta S-double dagger = -36 +/- 2.2 cal/(molK)]. Supported by density functional theory based investigations, we propose a mechanistic scenario in which the rate-limiting step is the bimetallic ring opening of the epoxide, in the case of propylene carbonate, and the monometallic insertion of the epoxide in the growing polymer chain, in the case of poly(cyclohexene carbonate).
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