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SUBMITTER: Banerjee A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968515 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS central science 20180430 5
CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation is a potential alternative to conventional petrochemical methods for making commodity chemicals and fuels. Research in this area has focused mostly on transition-metal-based catalysts. Here we show that hydrated alkali carbonates promote CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation to formate, oxalate, and other C<sub>2+</sub> carboxylates at elevated temperature and pressure in the absence of transition-metal catalysts or solvent. The reactions proceed rapidly, reaching up to 56% y ...[more]