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CO 2 hydrogenation is a potential alternative to conventional petrochemical methods for making commodity chemicals and fuels. Research in this area has focused mostly on transition-metal-based catalysts. Here we show that hydrated alkali carbonates promote CO 2 hydrogenation to formate, oxalate, and other C 2+ carboxylates at elevated temperature and pressure in the absence of transition-metal catalysts or solvent. The reactions proceed rapidly, reaching up to 56% yield (with respect to CO 3  2- ) within minutes. Isotope labeling experiments indicate facile H 2 and C-H deprotonations in the alkali cation-rich reaction media and identify probable intermediates for the C-C bond formations leading to the various C 2+ products. The carboxylate salts are in equilibrium with volatile carboxylic acids under CO 2 hydrogenation conditions, which may enable catalytic carboxylic acid syntheses. Our results provide a foundation for base-promoted and base-catalyzed CO 2 hydrogenation processes that could complement existing approaches.

Carbonate-Promoted Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Multicarbon Carboxylates