Update and challenges in carbon dioxide‐based polycarbonate synthesis
writer：Jin Huang, Joshua C Worch, Andrew P Dove, Olivier Coulembier
keywords：開環聚合，協同催化，二氧化碳，聚碳酸酯
source：期刊
specific source：Chemsuschem
Issue time：2020年
The utilization of carbon dioxide as a comonomer to produce polycarbonates has attracted a great deal of attention from both industrial and academic communities because it promises to replace petroleum‐derived plastics and supports a sustainable environment. Significant progress in the copolymerization of cyclic ethers (e.g., epoxide, oxetane) and carbon dioxide has been made in recent decades, owing to the rapid development of catalysts. In this Review, the focus is to summarize and discuss recent advances in the development of homogeneous catalysts, including metal‐ and organo‐based complexes, as well as the preparation of carbon dioxide‐based block copolymer and functional polycarbonates.