“…Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is an abundant, nontoxic, and easily available and renewable C1 resource. − Therefore, transforming of CO 2 into value-added organic compounds is a very important research topic in green and sustainable chemistry. − Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have been identified for their outstanding performance in CO 2 transformation due to their unique properties such as good thermal stability and tunability. , Many strategies have been employed for the IL-promoted the transformation of CO 2 into various high-value chemicals such as cyclic carbonates, − oxazolidinones, − quinazoline-2,4(1 H ,3 H )-diones, − α-hydroxy ketones, et al Among these strategies, the fabrication of α-alkylidene cyclic carbonates through the IL-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of propargylic alcohols (PAs) with CO 2 which was first published by Liu and co-workers in 2016 is extremely efficient, making it highly desirable for industry applications. , After that, many kinds of ILs were used to improve the performance of this reaction. By screening various available ILs employed in the reaction between PA and CO 2 , the azole-anion-based ILs (AILs) such as [P 4444 ][Im], [P 4444 ][2-MeIm], [P 4444 ][4-MeIm], [P 4444 ][2,4-DMeIm], [DBUH][2-MeIm], et al exhibited better catalytic performance than the other ILs .…”