The Advanced Materials Department at FUNDITEC has reached a new milestone within the framework of the European CATCO2NVERS project: its latest research has been published in the prestigious Journal of CO2 Utilization.
In this work, carried out by Marcelo Echeverri and Dulce Muñoz from FUNDITEC, in collaboration with Eva Maya from ICMM-CSIC, CO2 cycloaddition to epoxidized soybean oil (ESBO) has been achieved, obtaining outstanding results:
- Epoxide conversion and cyclic carbonate yields above 90%.
- Use of innovative heterogeneous porous catalysts based on iron or cobalt poly(azomethine) networks.
- Excellent recyclability of the catalysts up to 5 cycles.
Moreover, the reactions were carried out under mild conditions (120°C, 7 bar CO2 and 16 hours), the most favorable reported to date for biomass-derived aliphatic epoxides. This positions iron poly(azomethine) catalysts as a sustainable alternative for the production of bio-based cyclic carbonates. 🌱
This cutting-edge research is part of the CATCO2NVERS project, focused on the development of bio-, electro- and thermo-catalytic catalytic technologies to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals and materials, contributing to the objectives of the circular economy.
You can read the full article here: Formation of bio-based cyclic carbonates from CO2 and renewable feedstocks via porous poly(azomethine) -based heterogeneous catalysts approach
This work was made possible by support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 101000580).
