“…In 2016, the group of Yuan-Yao reported the rst protocol for metal-catalyzed three-component cycloaddition of epoxides, amines, and CO 2 under solvent-free condition. 50 In this investigation, various rare-Earth-metal complexes stabilized by amine-bridged tri-(phenolato) ligands (42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47), co-catalysts (e.g., NBu 4 I, NBu 4 Br, NOCt 4 Br, PPNCl), and additives (e.g., DBU, Et 3 N, TMEDA, DABCO) were examined and the combination of 46/NBu 4 Br/DBU as catalytic system at 95 C was found to be optimal for this transformation. The optimized protocol tolerated a variety of terminal epoxides 48 and both electron-rich and electron-poor anilines 49 and provided the expected 5substituted-3-aryl-2-oxazolidines 50 in moderate to excellent yields (Scheme 22).…”