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Carbon dioxide as an environmentally benign reaction medium for chemical synthesis
Author(s) -
Leitner Walter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0739(200012)14:12<809::aid-aoc91>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - chemistry , carbon dioxide , chemical synthesis , organic chemistry , biochemistry , in vitro
This contribution highlights recent developments from our research efforts at the Max‐Planck‐Institute for Coal Research concerning the use of compressed (liquid or supercritical) carbon dioxide as a solvent for environmentally friendly synthesis of fine chemicals. Representative examples discussed here include steel‐promoted epoxidation using molecular oxygen as the primary oxidant and transition‐metal‐catalysed asymmetric CC bond forming reactions. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.