Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion

✍ Scribed by Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto, Eugenio Quaranta

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 423
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an analysis of the reaction mechanisms relevant to a number of processes in which CO2 is converted into valuable products. Several different processes are considered that convert CO2 either in specialty chemicals or in bulk products or fuels. For each reaction, the mechanism is discussed and the assessed steps besides the dark sites of the reaction pathway are highlighted. From the insertion of CO2 into E-X bonds to the reduction of CO2 to CO or other C1 molecules or else to C2 or Cn molecules, the reactions are analysed in order to highlight the known and obscure reaction steps. Besides well known reaction mechanisms and energy profiles, several lesser known situations are discussed. Advancing knowledge of the latter would help to develop efficient routes for the conversion of CO2 into valuable products useful either in the chemical or in the energy industry. The content of this book is quite different from other books reporting the use of CO2. On account of its clear presentation, “Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion” targets in particular researchers, teachers and PhD students.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
The Carbon Dioxide Molecule....Pages 1-34
CO2 Coordination to Metal Centres: Modes of Bonding and Reactivity....Pages 35-69
Interaction of CO2 with Electron-Rich Moieties....Pages 71-84
Insertion of CO2 into E–X Bonds....Pages 85-141
Interaction of CO2 with C–C Multiple Bonds....Pages 143-182
Reaction Mechanisms in the Direct Carboxylation of Alcohols, Polyols, Cyclic Ethers, and Cyclic Amines to Afford Monomeric Compounds and Polymeric Materials....Pages 183-235
Carbon Dioxide Conversion in High Temperature Reactions....Pages 237-310
One- and Multi-electron Pathways for the Reduction of CO2 into C1 and C1+ Energy-Richer Molecules: Some Thermodynamic and Kinetic Facts....Pages 311-345
Enzymatic Conversion of CO2 (Carboxylation Reactions and Reduction to Energy-Rich C1 Molecules)....Pages 347-371
Thermodynamics and Applications of CO2 Hydrates....Pages 373-402
Back Matter....Pages 403-409

✦ Subjects

Organic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Climate Change; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)