The present invention relates to catalyst composition for cyclic
carbonate production from CO2 and olefins using
halohydrin agent as the co-reactant under mild conditions, which can effectively catalyze the cyclic
carbonate synthesis and provides good selectivity to cyclic
carbonate, wherein said catalyst composition comprising:a) the
metal complex as shown in structure (I):wherein,M represents
transition metal atom;R1, R2, and R3 represent
independent group selected from
hydrogen atom,
halogen atom,
alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group,
alkoxy group, amine group,
phenyl group,
benzyl group,
cyclic hydrocarbon group comprising hetero atom, perfluoroalkyl group, or nitro group;R4 represents group selected from alkylene group, cycloalkylene group, or
phenylene group;X represents group selected from
halogen atom, acetate group, or triflate group;b) the
halohydrin agent in at least one
solvent; andc) at least one base.