Carbon dioxide as chemical feedstock
By: edited by Michele Aresta
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9783527324750
Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Industrial applications; Feedstock
Description: "This ready reference closely investigates the use of CO[subscript 2] for the synthesis of carboxylates, carbonates, carbamates, isocyanates, and polymeric materials, as well as a solvent, in electro- and photoelectro-chemistry, biomass enhanced production and much more besides."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1 Carbon Dioxide: Utilization Options to Reduce its Accumulation in the Atmosphere; title: 2 Utilization of Dense Carbon Dioxide as an Inert Solvent for Chemical Syntheses; title: 3 Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in Biology: Pathways, Rules, and Speculations; title: 4 Carbon Dioxide Coordination Chemistry and Reactivity of Coordinated CO2; title: 5 Main Group Element- and Transition Metal-Promoted Carboxylation of Organic Substrates; title: 6 The Chemistry of N-CO2 Bonds: Synthesis of Carbamic Acids and Their Derivatives, Isocyanates, and Ureas; title: 7 Synthesis of Linear and Cyclic Carbonates; title: 8 Polymers from Carbon Dioxide: Polycarbonates, Polythiocarbonates, and Polyurethanes; title: 9 In-Situ Study of Carbon Deposition during CO2 Reforming of Methane for Synthesis Gas Production, Using the Tapered Element Oscillation Microbalance; title: 10 Utilization of Carbon Dioxide through Nonthermal Plasma Approaches; title: 11 Photochemical, Electrochemical, and Photoelectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide; title: 12 Recent Scientific and Technological Developments in Electrochemical Carboxylation Based on Carbon Dioxide; title: 13 Indirect Utilization of Carbon Dioxide: Utilization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomass; title: 14 Fixation of Carbon Dioxide into Inorganic Carbonates: The Natural and Artificial "Weathering of Silicates"