<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srivastava, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bennur, T. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srinivas, D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Factors affecting activation and utilization of carbon dioxide in cyclic carbonates synthesis over Cu and Mn peraza macrocyclic complexes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Molecular Catalysis A - Chemical</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">benign synthesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbon dioxide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">catalysis by Cu and Mn complexes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CO2 activation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CO2 fixation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CO2 utilization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cyclic carbonates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polycarbonates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">spectroscopy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEB</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">226</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">199-205</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The catalytic activities of several Cu and Mn aza complexes for cyclic carbonate synthesis from CO2 and epoxides are reported. The various factors affecting activation of CO2 by metal complexes and its utilization in cyclic carbonate synthesis have been investigated. Fr-IR, UV-vis and EPR spectroscopic investigations reveal that CO2 coordinates to Cu in eta(1)-C mode of coordination. Nature of the ligand and substitution influence the lability of metal-CO2 bonding. The differences in the catalytic activities are correlated with the mode and strength of CO2 binding. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.958</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srivastava, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srinivas, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ratnasamy, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fe-Zn double-metal cyanide complexes as novel, solid transesteritication catalysts</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Catalysis</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cyclic carbonate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimethyl carbonate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">double metal cyanide Fe-Zn complexes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">organic carbonate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transesterification catalyst</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUL</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">241</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34-44</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Fe-Zn double-metal cyanide complexes are currently used as catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of epoxides, as well as the coupling of epoxides and CO2 for the production of polycarbonates. We report their novel application as highly efficient solid catalysts for the transesterification reactions of carbonates. The catalysts were prepared from aqueous solutions of ZnCl2 and K4Fe(CN)(6) in the presence of tert-butanol (complexing agent) and tri-block copolymer EO20PO70EO20 (average molecular weight, 5800; co-complexing agent). They were characterized by chemical analysis, XRD, thermal analysis, N-2 adsorption, magnetic susceptibility, SEM, and FTIR, diffuse reflectance UV-visible, EPR, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies. Their acidity was determined from the IR spectra of adsorbed pyridine and the temperature-programmed desorption of NH3. Catalyst samples prepared with both complexing and co-complexing agents were found to be more acidic and catalytically active than those prepared without these agents. These catalysts are more active/selective than other solid catalysts hitherto reported. Dimethyl carbonate, for example, could be synthesized with 100% selectivity and an isolated yield of &amp;gt;86% by the reaction of propene carbonate with methanol. The catalysts can be recycled without significant loss in activity. Lewis acidic Zn ions are the possible active sites for the transesterification reaction. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Inc.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7.354</style></custom4></record></records></xml>