Two new ligands containing -N=N-group, 4-((E)-(4-bromophenyl)diazenyl)-2-((E)-(phenylimino)methyl)phenol (L 1 H 2), 4-((E)-(4bromophenyl)diazenyl)-2-((E)-((4-ethylphenyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L 2 H 3) and their metal complexes were synthesized. The synthesized metal complexes were performed as catalysts for the chemical fixation of CO 2 into cyclic carbonates using epoxides which 10 were used as both substrate and solvent. According to analytical, UV-visible and IR data, the metal complexes are formed by coordination of the N, O atoms of the ligands and metal:ligand ratio was found to 1:2 for all the complexes. TG and DTA results showed that these complexes had good thermal stability. Molecular structures of the ligand (L 1 H 2) and its Zn II complex 4 (Zn(L 1 ) 2 )were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. After choosing the best active catalyst (Zn(L 1 ) 2 4), the optimization studies were performed by changing various parameters. Ionic Liquid has been found to have a positive effect and showed the best active performance 15 with (bmim)PF 6 + Zn(L 1 ) 2 4 as binary catalytic system.