Fixation of carbon dioxide into dimethyl carbonate over titanium-based zeolitic thiophene-benzimidazolate framework

Sanny Verma; R B Nasir Baig; Mallikarjuna N Nadagouda; Rajender S Varma

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00736-1

Fixation of carbon dioxide into dimethyl carbonate over titanium-based zeolitic thiophene-benzimidazolate framework

Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 5;7(1):655. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00736-1.

Authors

Sanny Verma¹, R B Nasir Baig¹, Mallikarjuna N Nadagouda², Rajender S Varma³

Affiliations

¹ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P. O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
² WQMB, WSWRD, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, USA.
³ Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, MS 443, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, USA. [email protected].

Abstract

A titanium-based zeolitic thiophene-benzimidazolate framework has been designed for the direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from methanol and carbon dioxide. The developed catalyst activates carbon dioxide and delivers over 16% yield of DMC without the use of any dehydrating agent or requirement for azeotropic distillation.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.