Transforming carbon dioxide gas into valuable building block for organic synthesis
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemists are helping to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which are a global concern. For example, they are devising new catalytic systems that would enable waste CO2 to be recycled as a non-toxic and practically free source of carbon for organic synthetic reactions. However, current CO2 conversion techniques require expensive metal catalysts or drawn-out procedures.