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Using Carbon Dioxide as a Building Block in Continuous Flow Synthesis

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an attractive building block for organic synthesis that is environmentally friendly. Continuous flow technologies have enabled C−O and C−C bond forming reactions with CO2 that previously were either low-yielding or impossible in batch to afford value-added chemicals. This review describes recent advances in continuous flow as an enabling strategy in utilizing CO2 as a C1 building block in chemical synthesis. (Figure presented.).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)247-264
Number of pages18
JournalAdvanced Synthesis and Catalysis
Volume361
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 22 2019

Keywords

  • C building blocks
  • carbon dioxide
  • carboxylation
  • flow chemistry
  • gas-liquid reactions
  • green chemistry

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