Efficient, selective and sustainable catalysis of carbon dioxide

Abstract

The efficient and selective conversion of CO2as a sustainable C1resource into valuable chemicals and energy-related products through catalysis is reviewed.

Enantioselective Incorporation of CO2: Status and Potential

“…A variety of comprehensive reviews on catalytic synthesis of organic molecules from CO2 have emerged in recent years, including metalbased and organic catalysis. 4,5,6,11,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28 There are two catalytic approaches that have found widespread use for activation of the rather inert CO2 molecule (Scheme 1); both approaches involve incorporation of the entire CO2 molecule, which is our main focus here. In the first approach (Scheme 1a), C-CO2 bonds are primarily formed through insertion of CO2 into reactive metal-carbon bonds; in these reactions CO2 acts as an electrophile.…”

“…methanol 3 ), as a sustainable carbon source. The number of efficient protocols for incorporation of CO2 is steadily growing, 4,5,6,7,8 however, little work has been devoted to making enantioselective reactions with CO2 [a general review of this area has been provided by Kleij and coworkers (2013) 9 and Lu (2016) 10 , and a specific review of stereoselective polymerization by Coates and coworkers (2014) 11 ]. It can be noted that both the carbon and the oxygen atoms of CO2 can be involved in the generation of novel chiral centres.…”

Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Four‐Component Coupling Using Renewable Building Blocks of CO2 and Biomass‐Based Aldehydes

“…Notably, both the electron-donating groups, including methyl 4c, ethyl 4g and methoxyl 4e, and electronwithdrawing groups such as chlorine 4i were well-tolerated in the reaction system. [60][61][62] These results can presumably be attributed to the instability of the furan ring. Notably, the methyl-substituted phenylacetylene with the methyl group at the meta-position of the benzene 4k is obtained in the same yield when compared with the para-substituted product 4a, which demon- Table 2.…”

Needs and Gaps for Catalysis in Addressing Transitions in Chemistry and Energy from a Sustainability Perspective

“…[37][38][39] Instead, for process/energyi ntensification and cost reduction,w ew ould recommend direct CO 2 conversion into products such as olefins or alkyl aromatics, which can be used for clean fuel or chemical production. [37][38][39] Instead, for process/energyi ntensification and cost reduction,w ew ould recommend direct CO 2 conversion into products such as olefins or alkyl aromatics, which can be used for clean fuel or chemical production.…”