TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Ning AB - The cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides to cyclic organic carbonates using metal-free heterogeneous catalysts is considered as a 100% atom-economic and environmental-friendly route for CO2 utilization. Herein, we developed a metal-free microporous polymeric spheres catalyst (p-TBIB) by a simple Friedel–Crafts alkylation and applied in the cycloaddition of CO2 to cyclic organic carbonates. The catalyst shows high CO2 uptake (62.7 cm3 g−1, at 298 K and 1 bar), high selectivity over N2 (46 at 298 K) and perfect cycloaddition activities (66–97%) and selectivities (over 99%) and reusability (at least ten cycles) at ambient conditions (at 298 K and 1 bar).Graphic Abstract[graphic not available: see fulltext] TI - Microporous Polymeric Spheres as Highly Efficient and Metal-Free Catalyst for the Cycloaddition of CO2 to Cyclic Organic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions JF - Catalysis Letters DO - 10.1007/s10562-020-03206-y DA - 2020-10-04 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/microporous-polymeric-spheres-as-highly-efficient-and-metal-free-4QQ89ksa52 SP - 2970 EP - 2977 VL - 150 IS - 10 DP - DeepDyve ER -