Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 1435-1447.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.20515

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Recent Progress in Carbonylation of Epoxides

FAN Qijia1,2, LIU Jianhua1,a, CHEN Jing1, XIA Chungu1,b   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China; 2College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2012-05-09 Revised:2012-06-19 Online:2012-09-11 Published:2012-09-11

Abstract: Carbonylation reactions that introduce carbonyl moiety into organic and inorganic substrates have the advantages of atom economical selectivity and environmental benignancy. Recently, it has been one of the challenging and attractive subjects in the field of value-added utilization of C1 resources and a bridge between petrochemical industry and C1 chemistry. The important transformation has drawn considerable attention from both academia and industry. We aim to present recent progress in cobalt carbonyl complexes catalyzed carbonylation of epoxides, including ring-expansion carbonylation, ring-opening carbonylative copolymerization, and ring-opening carbonylation. The development prospects are also discussed.

Key words: epoxide, ring-expansion carbonylation, ring-opening carbonylative copolymerization, ring-opening carbonylation, reaction mechanism