Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 745-756.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60390-2

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Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Using CO2 as Carboxylative Reagent

ZHANG Wenzhen*, LÜ Xiaobing   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2012-02-20 Revised:2012-03-23 Online:2012-05-09 Published:2012-05-09

Abstract: The catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide into high value-added fine chemicals has attracted attention because this will make CO2 into an abundant, inexpensive, and renewable C1 feedstock. More than 20 reactions involving CO2 as a starting material have been developed in recent decades but their successful industrialization is limited. One type of reactions that is technologically viable is to use CO2 as a carboxylative reagent in the production of a wide range of carboxylic acids and derivatives. This review focused on transition metal-catalyzed reactions for the synthesis of various carboxylic acid and derivatives from CO2, by the carboxylation of carbon nucleophiles and C–H bonds and reactions of CO2 with unsaturated organic compounds (especially those with a carbon–carbon multiple bond). This review also included transition metal-free or organocatalytic reactions for the transformation of CO2 into carboxylic acid and derivatives.

Key words: carbon dioxide, carboxylic acids and derivative, carboxylation, hydrocarboxylation, homogeneous catalysis