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Poly(ethylene glycol): an Alternative Solvent for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonate from Vicinal Halohydrin and Carbon Dioxide

Jing-Lun Wang ^A , Liang-Nian He ^A ^B , Xiao-Yong Dou ^A and Fang Wu ^A

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^A State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.

^B Corresponding author. Email: heln@nankai.edu.cn

Australian Journal of Chemistry 62(8) 917-920 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH08554
Submitted: 17 December 2008 Accepted: 27 March 2009 Published: 13 August 2009

Abstract

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in this work proved to be an efficient reaction medium for the reaction of vicinal halohydrin with carbon dioxide in the presence of a base to synthesise cyclic carbonates. Notably, PEG-400 as an environmentally friendly solvent exhibits a unique influence on reactivity compared with conventional organic solvents. Various cyclic carbonates were prepared in high yield employing this protocol. The process presented here has potential applications in the industrial production of cyclic carbonates because of its simplicity, cost benefits, ready availability of starting materials, and mild reaction conditions.

Acknowledgements

Support of this work from National Science Foundation of China (no. 20421202, 20672504, and 20872073), the 111 project (B06005), and the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. The authors also thank the referees for their valuable suggestions regarding revision.

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