Synthesis of cyclic carbonates and dimethyl carbonate using CO₂ as a building block catalyzed by MOF-5/KI and MOF-5/KI/K₂CO₃

Abstract

The synthesis of cyclic carbonates or dimethyl carbonate (DMC) using CO₂ as a building block is a very interesting topic. In this work, we found that the metal-organic framework-5 (MOF-5)/KI was an active and a selective catalytic system for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO₂ and epoxides, and MOF-5/KI/K₂CO₃ was efficient for the preparation of DMC from CO₂, propylene, and methanol by a sequential route. The impacts of temperature, pressure, and reaction time length on the reactions were investigated, and the mechanism of the reactions is proposed on the basis of the experimental results.

Keywords

carbon dioxide / cyclic carbonates / dimethyl carbonate (DMC) / metal-organic framework-5 (MOF-5) / sequential route / propylene oxide

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21003133 and 20932002), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2009CB930802), and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2.YW.H16).

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