PMID- 36142788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220926 LR - 20220928 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 18 DP - 2022 Sep 17 TI - Facile Construction of Carboxyl-Functionalized Ionic Polymer towards Synergistic Catalytic Cycloaddition of Carbon Dioxide into Cyclic Carbonates. LID - 10.3390/ijms231810879 [doi] LID - 10879 AB - The development of bifunctional ionic polymers as heterogeneous catalysts for effective, cocatalyst- and metal-free cycloaddition of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates has attracted increasing attention. However, facile fabrication of such polymers having high numbers of ionic active sites, suitable types of hydrogen bond donors (HBDs), and controlled spatial positions of dual active sites remains a challenging task. Herein, imidazolium-based ionic polymers with hydroxyl/carboxyl groups and high ionic density were facilely prepared by a one-pot quaternization reaction. Catalytic evaluation demonstrated that the presence of HBDs (hydroxyl or carboxyl) could enhance the catalytic activities of ionic polymers significantly toward the CO(2) cycloaddition reaction. Among the prepared catalysts, carboxyl-functionalized ionic polymer (PIMBr-COOH) displayed the highest catalytic activity (94% yield) in the benchmark cycloaddition reaction of CO(2) and epichlorohydrin, which was higher than hydroxyl-functionalized ionic polymer (PIMBr-OH, 76% yield), and far exceeded ionic polymer without HBDs groups (PIMBr, 54% yield). Furthermore, PIMBr-COOH demonstrated good recyclability and wide substrate tolerance. Under ambient CO(2) pressure, a number of epoxides were smoothly cycloadded into cyclic carbonates. Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculation verified the formation of strong hydrogen bonds between epoxide and the HBDs of ionic polymers. Furthermore, a possible mechanism was proposed based on the synergistic effect between carboxyl and Br(-) functionalities. Thus, a facile, one-pot synthetic strategy for the construction of bifunctional ionic polymers was developed for CO(2) fixation. FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y AD - College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China. AD - Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Utilization, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China. FAU - Li, Yingjun AU - Li Y AD - College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China. AD - Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Utilization, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China. FAU - Wang, Hu AU - Wang H AD - Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Utilization, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China. FAU - Chen, Zaifei AU - Chen Z AD - Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Utilization, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China. FAU - Lei, Yi-Zhu AU - Lei YZ AD - College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China. AD - Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Utilization, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China. LA - eng GR - 22162017/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220917 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Carbonates) RN - 0 (Epoxy Compounds) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 08OOR508C0 (Epichlorohydrin) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - *Carbon Dioxide/chemistry MH - Carbonates/chemistry MH - Cycloaddition Reaction MH - Epichlorohydrin MH - Epoxy Compounds/chemistry MH - *Polymers/chemistry PMC - PMC9506212 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CO2 cycloaddition OT - bifunctional catalyst OT - cyclic carbonates OT - ionic polymers COIS- There are no conflicts to declare. EDAT- 2022/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2022/09/17 CRDT- 2022/09/23 01:26 PHST- 2022/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/23 01:26 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms231810879 [pii] AID - ijms-23-10879 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms231810879 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 17;23(18):10879. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810879.