Synthesis of Polycarbonates and Poly(ether carbonate)s Directly from Carbon Dioxide and Diols Promoted by a Cs2CO3/CH2Cl2 System
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Recently, polycarbonates have attracted considerable research interest because of their potential biodegradability and sustainability. Here, we present a direct route for the synthesis of polycarbonates and poly(ether carbonate)s from carbon dioxide (CO2) and diols, promoted by Cs2CO3 and CH2Cl2 under 1 atm of CO2. Quantitative conversion of diols and polymers with up to 11 kg/mol molecular weight could be obtained. While benzylic diols lead to predominantly carbonate linkage, aliphatic diols result in the incorporation of the methylene unit of CH2Cl2 that produces poly(ether carbonate)s. Both primary and secondary diols have been successfully incorporated into the polymer chain.
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Du employed CH2Cl2 as the dihalide and condensed it with various diols and 1 atm of CO2 to give polymers with Mn up to 11 kDa.
“In another study, Du employed CH2Cl2 as the dihalide and condensed it with various diols and 1 atm of CO2 to give polymers with Mn up to 11 kDa (Scheme 5e).266”
From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [266]
In Du's case, alternating ether and carbonate linkages were observed in the polymer.
“In this case, alternating ether and carbonate linkages were observed in the polymer.”
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The use of alkyl dihalides as a third condensation component has been more successful than the direct coupling of CO2 and diols to generate polycarbonates with higher molecular weights.
“In comparison to the direct coupling of CO2 and diols, the use of alkyl dihalides as a third condensation component has been more successful to generate polycarbonates with higher molecular weights.[264][265][266]”
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- Authors
- Bian, S., Pagan, C., Andrianova “Artemyeva”, A. A., & Du, G.
- Affiliations
- University of North Dakota (US)
- University of North Dakota , , 151 Cornell Street Stop 9024 , , ,
- Corresponding author
- Du, Guodong
- Venue
- ACS Omega
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2016-11-30
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1049-1057
- ISSN
- 2470-1343 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6640766
- OpenAlex
- W2557793211
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 66
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- FWCI
- 1.21
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Funders
- National Science Foundation (IIA-1355466)
- ND EPSCoR (UND0021098)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Keywords
- polycarbonate, CO2 utilization, diols, cesium carbonate, dichloromethane, CO2 polymerization, biodegradable polymers, aliphatic diols
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