A facile one-step synthesis of star-shaped alkynyl carbonates from CO2.Rebecca Shu Hui Khoo, Agnes Mei Xian Lee, Pierre Braunstein, T S Andy Hor, He-Kuan LuoChemical communications2015We report a facile, one-step green synthesis of two new star-shaped compounds containing three or six pendant carbonate groups with terminal alkynes. The reaction occurs under 1 atm CO2 and proceeds… (More)