Recent developments in carbon dioxide utilization under mild conditions

Abstract

The use of carbon dioxide as a renewable and environmentally friendly source of carbon is highly attractive. This article focuses on recent developments in important new reactions and new catalysts for homogeneous CO₂ transformations under mild reaction conditions. Other than traditional organometallic catalysts, organocatalysts have also been applied in the chemical conversion of CO₂ and have demonstrated very promising ability in this field. As the coupling of epoxides with CO₂ to form cyclic carbonates or polycarbonates has been well documented, it will be excluded from this article.