Universal method for the catalytic methylation of amines with carbon dioxide
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Carbon dioxide is the most common source of carbon in nature and an inexpensive building block that is useful for the chemical industry. However, because of its high stability, it is not easy to induce CO2 to react. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German scientists have now reported a universally applicable method for the catalytic methylation of amines with CO2.