King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Md Eyasin Arafat

Aasif Helal

Muhammad Usman

Mohd Yusuf Khan

Mohammed Fettouhi

Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelnaby

Mohammed Ahmed Sanhoob

A method of fixating COto form a substituted oxazolidinone is described. The method includes mixing a nickel-based metal-organic framework (Ni-MOF) catalyst of formula [Ni(BTC)(HO)]&#xb7;(DMF)(HO), a cocatalyst, an aromatic amine, and at least one epoxide to form a reaction mixture, and further contacting the reaction mixture with a gas stream containing carbon dioxide to react the carbon dioxide in the gas stream with the epoxide and the aromatic amine to form a substituted oxazolidinone mixture. The method further includes adding a polar protic solvent to the substituted oxazolidinone mixture, centrifuging, and filtering to produce a recovered Ni-MOF; and further washing the recovered Ni-MOF with an organochloride solvent and drying for at least 5 hours to produce a recycled Ni-MOF.

Nickel-based metal-organic framework as catalyst for chemical fixation of COin oxazolidinone synthesis

A method of fixating carbon dioxide (CO) to a substituted oxazolidinone. The method includes mixing a metal-organic framework (MOF), a co-catalyst, at least one para-substituted aromatic amine, and at least one epoxide to form a mixture. The method further includes contacting the mixture with a gas stream containing COto react the COin the gas stream with the epoxide and para-substituted aromatic amine to form a substituted oxazolidinone mixture. The MOF is a UiO-66-X MOF, where X is of formula (I) wherein at least one of Rto Ris an allyloxy group, and Rto Rare independently an allyloxy group or a hydrogen. 

Method of fixating carbon dioxide to substituted oxazolidinones

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