Monomers from CO2 : Superbases as Catalysts for Formate-to-Oxalate Coupling

Eric Schuler; Pavel A Ermolich; N Raveendran Shiju; Gert-Jan M Gruter

doi:10.1002/cssc.202100326

Monomers from CO₂ : Superbases as Catalysts for Formate-to-Oxalate Coupling

ChemSusChem. 2021 Mar 22;14(6):1427. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202100326. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Authors

Eric Schuler¹, Pavel A Ermolich¹, N Raveendran Shiju¹, Gert-Jan M Gruter^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Avantium Chemicals BV, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV, Amsterdam, (The, Netherlands.

PMID: 33656272
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100326

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover are the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group of Prof. Dr Gert-Jan M. Gruter and the Catalysis Engineering group of Dr. Raveendran Shiju at the University of Amsterdam. The image shows a full cycle from CO₂ to polymers via several steps. The work reports the use of superbases in suitable environments to improve the formate coupling step by drastically lowering the reaction temperature and times whilst achieving higher yields. The Full Paper itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202002725.