Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of metals from aqueous solutions: a review

✍ Scribed by Can Erkey

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 338 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0896-8446
• DOI: 10.1016/s0896-8446(99)00047-9

✦ Synopsis

Organometallic chemistry, chemistry of compounds containing metal -carbon bonds or compounds in which an organic molecule (sometimes with a net negative charge) is bonded to a metal atom through an oxygen or nitrogen atom, is one of the most rapidly growing areas of chemical research. Organometallic compounds are being extensively utilized as reagents in preparation and processing of advanced inorganic materials, as catalysts in production of a wide variety of chemicals and as chemotherapy drugs. Supercritical fluid (SCF) science and technology is another rapidly growing field due to the interesting and desirable properties of SCFs as solvents. The combination of organometallic chemistry and SCFs is a relatively new research area with significant potential. Some applications include (1) use of organotransition metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts for reactions in SCFs [D.A.