【Abstract】 SalenMX has drawn much attention recently,because it is nonsensitive to moisture and effective for copolymerization of CO₂ and epoxides.However,usually expensive organic metal compounds were used.A low cost procedure of SalenMX preparation is described that SalenAl（OPr） can be obtained by using aluminium iso-propoxide reacted with SalenH₂ in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature overnight.The catalyst precursor Schiff-base SalenH₂ （N,N′-Bis（salicylidene）-1,2-phenylenediamine） was synthesized by refluxing 2 equiv salicylaldehyde and 1 equiv of 1,2-phenylendiamine in methnol for a period of time.SalenH₂ and SalenAl（OPr） were characterized by FT-IR,mass Spectroscopy,UV-Vis and 1H-NMR.The copolymerization of carbon dioxide and cyclohexene oxide（CHO） was carried out at 80℃ for a certain period time using 50 mg SalenAl（OPr） as catalyst.SalenAl（OPr） had been shown to be an effective catalyst for the copolymerization of CO₂ and CHO along with a small quantity of byproduct cyclic carbonate.The addition of various cocatalysts,including DMAP,N-MeIm,DBU and Bu₄NCl or Bu₄NBr salts can greatly enhance the rate of copolymerization.The copolymers were produced with >95% carbonate linkages and <5% cyclic carbonates.The highest catalytic efficiency is 190 g copolymer per g catalyst.更多还原