Boronic acids together with onium salts provide highly efficient organocatalysts for the conversion of CO2 with epoxides into various cyclic carbonates in H2O under mild conditions. The combination of experimental and computational studies allows further understanding of this active organocatalytic system.
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We are grateful to the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) for generous support of this project, and the A*STAR Computational Resource Centre through the use of its high-performance computing facilities.