Carbon dioxide offers an accessible, cheap and renewable carbon feedstock for synthesis.
Current interest in the area of carbon dioxide valorisation aims at new, emerging …

The transition towards safer and more sustainable production of polymers has led to a
growing body of academic research into non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) as potential …

The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a building block in organic synthesis is a topic of high
interest. We here reflect from an industrial perspective, which of the approaches may have …

The cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxides is an efficient and clean method to obtain
cyclic carbonates, which are used as green solvents, as electrolytes for lithium batteries and …

Functionalized cyclic organic carbonates and related heterocycles have emerged as highly
versatile heterocyclic substrates for ring‐opening and decarboxylative catalytic …

Polyurethane (PU) adhesives and coatings are widely used to fabricate high-quality
materials due to their excellent properties and their versatile nature, which stems from the …

Carbon dioxide is a renewable, inexhaustible, and cheap alternative to fossil resources for
the production of fine chemicals and plastics. It can notably be converted into exovinylene …

Given the large amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, it is advantageous to use CO2 as
feedstock for the fabrication of everyday products, such as fuels and materials. An attractive …

Cyclization of propargylic alcohols with CO2 is an important reaction in industry, and noble‐
metal catalysts are often employed to ensure the high product yields under environmentally …

Finding new chemistry platforms for easily recyclable polymers has become a key challenge
to face environmental concerns and the growing plastics demand. Here, we report a …