Synthesis of Alkylene Carbonates using a Metal Halides Complex containing Pyridine Ligands

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided is a method for synthesizing alkylene carbonate using catalysts comprising metal halogen compounds and pyridine ligands. Therefore, the alkylene carbonate can rapidly and cheaply produced in higher yield under conditions of low temperature and low pressure. CONSTITUTION: The alkylene carbonate represented by formula (2) is synthesized by reacting alkylene with carbon dioxide using organic metal compounds as catalysts represented by formula (1) of a(Py)/b(MXm), wherein Py is pyridines represented by formulas (3), (4) or (5), M is a metal selected from Zn, Fe, Mn, Pb and In, X is halogen selected from Cl, Br and I, and m is an integer of 2 or 3; R1 and R2 are individually hydrogen, C1 to C4 alkyl or phenyl; and R3, R4 and R5 are individually hydrogen, C1 to C4 alkyl or phenyl; and x, y and z are individually 0 to 3 and c is an integer of 2 to 4.