A solvent is one key component in a chemical transformation. As a reaction medium it
controls the interactions between reaction partners through heat transfer and intermolecular …

From reviews to the first edtion:" Bornscheuer and Kazlauskas have set out, and succeeded,
in producing a definitive manual on hydrolytic enzymes (especially lipases, esterases, and …

Asymmetric Catalysis with CO2: Direct Synthesis of Optically Active Propylene Carbonate from
Racemic Epoxides | Journal of the American Chemical Society ACS ACS Publications C&EN …

Regioselective ring opening of three-membered heterocyclic compounds (epoxides or N-
substituted aziridines) at various temperatures was observed in coupling reactions with CO2 …

New chiral catalyst systems were developed for the reaction of carbon dioxide with
propylene oxide (PO) at atmospheric pressure to generate enantiomerically enriched …

Herein, we report a simple catalytic system consisting of CaI2 in combination with Et3N as a
ligand for the efficient cycloaddition of CO2 to a variety of epoxides. Terminal (bio-based) …

Four new chiral polymers of BINOL‐Salen‐cobalt (III) salt complexes have been designed,
synthesized and applied to the direct fabrication of chiral propylene carbonate from racemic …

The kinetic resolution of racemic terminal epoxides with CO2 as reagent via enantioselective
coupling represents an attractive method for affording enantiopure epoxides and optically …

Re(CO)5Br-Catalyzed Coupling of Epoxides with CO2 Affording Cyclic Carbonates under
Solvent-Free Conditions | The Journal of Organic Chemistry ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS …

Chiral Co (salen) complexes bearing the Lewis acid of group 13 can efficiently catalyze the
reactions of carbon dioxide with epoxides in the presence of catalytic amounts of alkali metal …