Bifunctional porphyrin catalysts for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO ₂: Structural optimization and mechanistic study

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Carbonates 81%
• Epoxy Compounds 76%
• Porphyrins 72%
• Carbon Monoxide 58%
• Ammonium Compounds 20%
• Bromides 20%
• Cations 16%
• Density Functional Theory 14%
• Pressure 10%
• cycloarta-23,25-dien-3-one 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Porphyrins 100%
• Structural optimization 65%
• Carbonates 64%
• Catalysts 48%
• Positive ions 28%
• Density functional theory 16%
• Chain length 16%
• Catalyst activity 14%
• Experiments 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Epoxide 50%
• Porphyrin 47%
• Carbonate 44%
• Catalyst 23%
• Intramolecular Ring Closure 18%
• Ammonium 17%
• Bromide 16%
• Oxyanion 14%
• Cation 13%
• Pressure 13%
• Turnover Number 12%
• Turnover Frequency 12%
• Rate-Determining Step 11%
• Adduct 8%
• Density Functional Theory 7%
• Length 6%
• Reaction Yield 4%