Making plastics from carbon dioxide: Salen metal complexes as catalysts for the production of polycarbonates from epoxides and CO2

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2388-2410

  Darensbourg, Donald J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXENE OXIDE; EPOXIDE MONOMERS; PROPYLENE OXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COPOLYMERIZATION; POLYCARBONATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PLASTICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EPOXIDE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; N,N' DISALICYLIDENEETHYLENEDIAMINE; PLASTIC; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS;

EID: 34447095233     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr068363q     Document Type: Review

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