What is it about?
This paper describes our investigation of carbon dioxide utilisation using electrosynthesis to form cyclic carbonates from epoxides under atmospheric pressure carbon dioxide
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Why is it important?
This paper describes how the use of potentially toxic catalysts such as Nickel are not required for effective carbon dioxide utilisation
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This page is a summary of: ‘Ring-expansion addition’ of epoxides using applied potential: an investigation of catalysts for atmospheric pressure carbon dioxide utilization, RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09837d.
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Resources
Selective Formation of Trimethylene Carbonate (TMC): Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Utilization
Our related work on carbon dioxide utilisation with oxetanes
A New Entry to Sonochemical/Efficient Agitation Switching: Alkene Formation Through Epoxide Deoxygenation
An interesting epoxide deoxygenation reaction using our electrosynthetic conditions
Electrosynthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide
Our original paper on carbon dioxide utilisation
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