Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock

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Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock

Editor(s): Michele Aresta

Published Online: 25 JAN 2010

Print ISBN: 9783527324750

Online ISBN: 9783527629916

DOI: 10.1002/9783527629916

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Filling the need for an up-to-date handbook, this ready reference closely investigates the use of CO2 for ureas, enzymes, carbamates, and isocyanates, as well as its use as a solvent, in electrochemistry, biomass utilization and much more.
Edited by an internationally renowned and experienced researcher, this is a comprehensive source for every synthetic chemist in academia and industry.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xix)

    2. Chapter 1

      Carbon Dioxide: Utilization Options to Reduce its Accumulation in the Atmosphere (pages 1–13)

      Prof., Dr. Michele Aresta

    3. Chapter 2

      Utilization of Dense Carbon Dioxide as an Inert Solvent for Chemical Syntheses (pages 15–31)

      Alessandro Galia and Giuseppe Filardo

    4. Chapter 3

      Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in Biology: Pathways, Rules, and Speculations (pages 33–53)

      Ivan A. Berg, Daniel Kockelkorn, W. Hugo Ramos-Vera, Rafael Say, Jan Zarzycki and Georg Fuchs

    5. Chapter 4

      Carbon Dioxide Coordination Chemistry and Reactivity of Coordinated CO2 (pages 55–88)

      Joëlle Mascetti

    6. Chapter 5

      Main Group Element- and Transition Metal-Promoted Carboxylation of Organic Substrates (Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatics, and Others) (pages 89–120)

      Thomas Zevaco and Eckhard Dinjus

    7. Chapter 6

      The Chemistry of N–CO2 Bonds: Synthesis of Carbamic Acids and Their Derivatives, Isocyanates, and Ureas (pages 121–167)

      Eugenio Quaranta and Prof., Dr. Michele Aresta

    8. Chapter 7

      Synthesis of Linear and Cyclic Carbonates (pages 169–212)

      Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko and Angela Dibenedetto

    9. Chapter 8

      Polymers from Carbon Dioxide: Polycarbonates, Polythiocarbonates, and Polyurethanes (pages 213–248)

      Donald J. Darensbourg, Jeremy R. Andreatta and Adriana I. Moncada

    10. Chapter 9

      In-Situ Study of Carbon Deposition during CO2 Reforming of Methane for Synthesis Gas Production, Using the Tapered Element Oscillation Microbalance (pages 249–266)

      Wie Pan and Chunshan Song

    11. Chapter 10

      Utilization of Carbon Dioxide through Nonthermal Plasma Approaches (pages 267–290)

      Ji-Jun Zou and Chang-Jun Liu

    12. Chapter 11

      Photochemical, Electrochemical, and Photoelectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (pages 291–316)

      Emily Barton Cole and Andrew B. Bocarsly

    13. Chapter 12

      Recent Scientific and Technological Developments in Electrochemical Carboxylation Based on Carbon Dioxide (pages 317–334)

      Giuseppe Silvestri and Onofrio Scialdone

    14. Chapter 13

      Indirect Utilization of Carbon Dioxide: Utilization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomass (pages 335–351)

      Prof., Dr. Michele Aresta and Angela Dibenedetto

    15. Chapter 14

      Fixation of Carbon Dioxide into Inorganic Carbonates: The Natural and Artificial “Weathering of Silicates” (pages 353–379)

      Ron Zevenhoven and Johan Fagerlund

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      Index (pages 381–394)

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