A Zn(II)-functionalized COF as a recyclable catalyst for the sustainable synthesis of cyclic carbonates and cyclic carbamates from atmospheric CO2. 2022

Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, W.B., India. manir65@rediffmail.com.

A simple covalent organic framework (COF) bearing β-ketoenamine units as a potential heterogeneous ligand for ZnII-catalyzed fixation and transformation of CO2 into value-added chemicals is reported. Catalytic investigations convincingly demonstrated that the ZnII-functionalized covalent organic framework (Zn@TpTta) exhibits perfect catalytic activity in the fixation of CO2 for diverse epoxides with various substituents under sustainable conditions. A variety of terminal epoxides and slightly more complicated disubstituted epoxides were transformed into the corresponding cyclic carbonates with satisfactory to excellent yields (i.e., 69 to 99% yield) upon exposure to CO2 (1 atm) under solvent-free conditions (sustainable approach). On the other hand, this ZnII-loaded covalent organic framework also displayed excellent performance in facilitating atmospheric cyclizative CO2 capture, which led to the formation of diverse cyclic carbamates (i.e., 61 to 94% yield) from unsaturated amine systems using N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) as an iodinating agent and PEG-400 as a biodegradable and green polymeric solvent under base-free conditions (sustainable approach). The newly synthesized COF-based catalyst, namely, Zn@TpTta, has been completely characterized by SEM (scanning electron microscopy), EDX (energy dispersive X-ray analysis), HRTEM (high-resolution transmission electron microscopy), BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller), PXRD (powder X-ray diffraction), XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), ICP (inductively coupled plasma), etc. More intriguingly, the catalytic system could be recycled over five times without a noticeable loss of catalytic performance for both reactions. This study opens an avenue for the Zn(II) embedded COF as a promising platform for regulating regioselectivity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
February 2018, RSC advances,
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
June 2022, Chemical science,
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
September 2014, Chemical communications (Cambridge, England),
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
January 2018, ACS applied materials & interfaces,
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
November 2017, Nanoscale research letters,
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
January 2023, Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany),
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
December 2022, Molecules (Basel, Switzerland),
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
October 2020, Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany),
Somnath Sarkar, and Swarbhanu Ghosh, and Sk Manirul Islam
March 2019, Organic letters,
Copied contents to your clipboard!