Abstract
A plethora of methods have been developed over the years so that carbon dioxide can be used as a reactant in organic synthesis. Given the abundance of this compound, its utilization in synthetic chemistry, particularly on an industrial scale, is still at a rather low level. In the last 35 years, considerable research has been performed to find catalytic routes to transform CO 2 into carboxylic acids, esters, lactones, and polymers in an economic way. This Review presents an overview of the available homogeneous catalytic routes that use carbon dioxide as a C 1 carbon source for the synthesis of industrial products as well as fine chemicals. Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 8510-8537 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie International Edition |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 37 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 29 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KSA-C0069/UK-C0020
Acknowledgements: This publication was based on work supported by Award No. KSA-C0069/UK-C0020, made by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.