A diagonal approach to chemical recycling of carbon dioxide: organocatalytic transformation for the reductive functionalization of CO2

…, C Villiers, P Thuéry, M Ephritikhine…

Index: Das Neves Gomes, Christophe; Jacquet, Olivier; Villiers, Claude; Thuery, Pierre; Ephritikhine, Michel; Cantat, Thibault Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 1 p. 187 - 190

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Abstract

CO2 recycling is a priority to reduce our dependence on petrochemicals to produce chemical commodities and, in a broader context, to develop new fuels.[1] With 6.8 Gt of recyclable CO2 produced each year at point sources,[2] carbon dioxide is a very attractive, nontoxic and abundant C1 building block.[1, 3] Yet, only a handful processes utilizing CO2 have been industrialized to date.[3] Urea synthesis is the main process utilizing carbon ...