Fig. 1: The ROCOP of epoxides and carbon dioxide. | Nature Chemistry

Fig. 1: The ROCOP of epoxides and carbon dioxide.

From: Understanding low-pressure CO2 insertion chemistry in epoxide–CO2 copolymerization catalysis

Fig. 1: The ROCOP of epoxides and carbon dioxide.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a, ROCOP of epoxides and CO2 with the two most commonly studied epoxides: propene oxide (PO) and cyclohexene oxide (CHO). b, The proposed catalytic cycle for a high-performance Co(III)K(I) catalyst. The CO2 insertion is proposed as an equilibrium and incorporated into the rate law13.

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