{"id":447,"date":"2020-08-23T21:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/bayerlab\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:22:30","slug":"catalytic-transformation-of-co2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/bayerlab\/research\/catalytic-transformation-of-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalytic transformation of CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d30195b3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> is commonly associated with environmental concerns, but this molecule harbors intriguing potential to be employed as a sustainable carbon source. With appropriate catalytic systems, CO<sub>2<\/sub> can be converted to high-value products like fuels, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Our focus is to use carbon dioxide and to create energetically challenging C-C bonds to produce fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals such as aliphatic carboxylic acids. We have projects related to catalyst design, asymmetric synthesis and radiopharmaceutical synthesis. As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/choco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHOCO group<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/nordco2\/\">NordCO2 consortium<\/a> we tightly combine experimental and computational studies in our work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related publications:<\/strong><br>\u2666\u00a0 Adv. Synth. Catal., <strong>2024<\/strong>, 2976. <em>Asymmetric boracarboxylation of styrenes using carbon dioxide<\/em>. <em><strong>Open access!<\/strong> <\/em>doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/adsc.202301285\">10.1002\/adsc.202301285<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2666\u00a0 Chem. Eur. J. <strong>2020<\/strong>, 6064.<em>Formal C-H carboxylation of unactivated arenes with carbon dioxide. <\/em>doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/chem.202000515\">10.1002\/chem.202000515<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2666\u00a0 Organometallics <strong>2018<\/strong>, 941. <em>Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation: Mechanistic Analysis Reveals Unusual Transition State for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation<\/em>. doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.organomet.7b00899\">10.1021\/acs.organomet.7b00899<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2666\u00a0 ChemSusChem, <strong>2020<\/strong>, 2080. <em>Exploration of New Biomass-Derived Solvents: Application to Carboxylation Reactions. <strong>Open access!<\/strong> doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/cssc.201903224\">10.1002\/cssc.201903224<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>\u2666 ACS Catalysis <strong>2017<\/strong>, 7231. <em>Enantioselective Incorporation of CO<sub>2<\/sub>: Status and Potential.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10037\/13741\">UiT\u00b4s open research archive<\/a>;<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CO2 is commonly associated with environmental concerns, but this molecule harbors intriguing potential to be employed as a sustainable carbon source. 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