ChemInform Abstract: New Bi‐functional Zinc Catalysts Based on Robust and Easy‐to‐Handle N‐Chelating Ligands for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and CO2 under Mild Conditions.

Abstract Several 2,2′‐bipyridine Zn(II) complexes functionalized by imidazolium based ionic liquids are prepared and used as catalysts for the cycloaddition reaction of CO2 and various epoxides (I) to provide cyclic carbonates (III).