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Front Cover: Monomers from CO 2 : Superbases as Catalysts for Formate‐to‐Oxalate Coupling (ChemSusChem 6/2021)
Author(s) -
Schuler Eric,
Ermolich Pavel A.,
Shiju N. Raveendran,
Gruter GertJan M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.202100327
Subject(s) - front cover , oxalate , catalysis , formate , selectivity , monomer , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , coupling (piping) , sodium formate , chemical engineering , materials science , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , metallurgy , polymer , engineering , mechanical engineering
The Front Cover shows the full cycle of a CO 2 ‐to‐monomers process as developed in the EU‐funded OCEAN project. The second step in this process is the coupling of two formates to oxalate, which has been improved introducing superbases as catalysts in suitable environments. The use of superbases allows the first major improvements of this commercial reaction by lowering the reaction temperature, time, and required catalyst amounts drastically whilst increasing selectivity. More information can be found in the Full Paper by E. Schuler et al.