Screening of the synthesis of cyclic carbonate from CO2 and epichlorohydrin using Bi38O44/45@TixL-oxo core–shell clusters as catalystsa.
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| Entry | Catalyst | Yieldb (%) |
| 1 | PTC-285 | 86 |
| 2 | PTC-282 | 84 |
| 3 | PTC-281 | 76 |
| 4 | PTC-284 | 75 |
| 5 | PTC-283 | 70 |
| 6 | PTC-286 | 63 |
| 7 | Blank | 44 |
Reaction conditions: epichlorohydrin (10 mmol), catalysts (0.005 mmol), nBu4NBr (1 mmol), room temperature, 24 h, CO2 (1 atm gauge pressure).
Total yield was determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy using dibromomethane as an internal standard (Fig. S31 to S36).