Metal- and solvent-free synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 in the presence of graphite oxide and ionic liquid under mild conditions: A kinetic study

Carbon

Volumn 82, Issue C, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Luo, Rongchang ^a   Zhou, Xiantai ^a   Fang, Yanxiong ^b   Ji, Hongbing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLOADDITION; GRAPHITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION KINETICS; STYRENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYST SYSTEM; CYCLIC CARBONATES; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUID; KINETICS AND MECHANISM; SITU INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENT FREE SYNTHESIS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84923577412     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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