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SUBMITTER: Kothandaraman J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9057970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kothandaraman Jotheeswari J Heldebrant David J DJ
RSC advances 20201124 69
An atom (100%) and energy-efficient approach to coproduce two commodity chemicals, methanol and glycol, has been demonstrated for the first time using H<sub>2</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub>, and epoxide as feeds. A basic medium used for CO<sub>2</sub> capture, polyethyleneimine (PEI<sub>600</sub>), is shown to facilitate the formation of a key reaction intermediate, cyclic carbonates. Upon hydrogenation of cyclic carbonates in the presence of a homogenous Ru-PNP catalyst, a 1 : 1 mixture of methanol and ...[more]