Research Article

Synthesis of Propylene Carbonate from Epoxide and CO2 Catalyzed by Carbon Nanotubes Supported Fe1.5PMo12O40

Table 4

Effect of counter ion on the PO conversion and PC selectivity. Reaction conditions: = 5 bar; reaction temperature 65°C; reaction time = 7 h; (catalyst) 0.150 g; (TEABr: cocatalyst) 0.050 g.

CatalystConversion (%)S (PC)

CuPMo7.9416.6
ZnPMo2.8656.2
CoPMo6.4231.0
FePMo8.4548.6