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In the presence of catalytic amounts of sodium iodide, triphenylphosphine, and phenol, carbon dioxide can efficiently react with epoxides to give the corresponding five-membered cyclic carbonates in high yields. The mechanism of this reaction was disclosed by (31)P NMR spectroscopic data and deuterium labeling experiments.
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