A variety of new dinuclear zinc catalysts was developed and tested for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide. Electron-withdrawing groups thereby led to unprecedented activities with turnover frequencies up to 155,000 h(-1). These are by far the highest polymerization rates ever reported for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2.
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