
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20, P. 2668 - 2681
Published: Oct. 22, 2024
Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies offer a compelling strategy to mitigate rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Despite extensive research on the CO 2 insertion into epoxides form cyclic carbonates, stereochemical implications of this reaction have been largely overlooked, despite prevalence racemic epoxide solutions. This study introduces an in silico approach design asymmetric frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) aimed at controlling stereochemistry. Four FLP scaffolds, incorporating diverse acids (LA), bases (LB), substituents, were assessed via volcano plot analysis identify most promising catalysts. By strategically modifying LB substituents induce asymmetry, stereoselective catalytic scaffold was developed, favouring one enantiomer from both enantiomers. work advances FLPs, highlighting their potential as CCU catalysts with for optimising catalyst efficiency selectivity sustainable chemistry applications.
Language: Английский