Deoxygenative reduction of carbon dioxide to methane, toluene, and diphenylmethane with [Et2Al]+ as catalyst

M Khandelwal, RJ Wehmschulte

Index: Khandelwal, Manish; Wehmschulte, Rudolf J. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 29 p. 7323 - 7326

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Abstract

Although nature uses CO2 as its main carbon source, the employment of CO2 as a readily available inexpensive feedstock for commodity chemicals is still in its infancy.[1] Major industrial applications include the synthesis of urea, salicylic acid, and cyclic and polymeric carbonates.[2] The reduction of CO2 to formic acid, methanol, or methane on an industrial scale is much less advanced. For example, there are only few pilot plants that are ...