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Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1754 - 1757, DOI: 10.1039/b916875n

Selective production of cyclic carbonate over polycarbonate using a double metal cyanide–quaternary ammonium salt catalyst system

Manju Mamparambath Dharman, Jeong-In Yu, Ji-Yeon Ahn and Dae-Won Park

A double metal cyanide complex, an efficient catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 with epoxide, was successfully utilized for the cycloaddition of CO2 to various epoxides in the presence of quaternary ammonium salts without any solvents.

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