CO₂ as a Carbon Source?

Fossil-based resources are declining and their use releases the greenhouse gas CO₂. Both of these problems could be significantly mitigated if we could use CO₂ as a carbon source for the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks.

Various different approaches are currently being explored for the catalytic conversion of CO₂ to methanol (CH₃OH). In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German researchers have now introduced a new possibility to conduct this stepwise reaction of CO₂ in solution with help of a homogeneous catalyst.

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Tags: syngas, multistep conversion, hydrogenation, homogeneous

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012-07-16.