Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was synthesized in excellent yield by direct physically or chemically adsorption of carbon dioxide on [EmimOH][NTf2] IL in presence of SmOCl and super base. Meaningfully, novel ternary catalyst system was found to display noti...
Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was synthesized in excellent yield by direct physically or chemically adsorption of carbon dioxide on [EmimOH][NTf2] IL in presence of SmOCl and super base. Meaningfully, novel ternary catalyst system was found to display noticeable conversion of methanol (13.01%) with excellent selectivity (99.13%) towards DMC. The interaction of CO2 with IL in presence of superbase was discussed by FT-IR and 13C characterization as well as catalytic reactivity was proved by predictable mechanism. Various conditions such as reaction temperature, pressure and time were investigated for DMC.