New article by Timo Repo

New article by Timo Repo

NordCO2 PI Timo Repo at Helsinki University has published an article on synthesis of cyclic carbamates from amino alcohols. The experimental findings are supported by theoretical calculations.

The article is open access! Read it here.

 

New Article by Egill Skulason

New Article by Egill Skulason

NordCO2 PI Egill Skulason from University of Iceland just published a computational article on electrochemical reduction of CO2 and product selectivities. The article can be found here.

 

Carbamates from CO2

NordCO2 member Prof. Timo Repo and his co-workers have reported a facile synthesis of cyclic carbamates from amino alcohols and CO2: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/cc/c8cc00636a

The article is Open access and free to read for everyone.

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Tosyl-assisted cyclization of carbon dioxide and amino alcohols in the presence of an external base. The carbamate species must be formed first and stabilized to avoid the competing N-tosylation reaction, which prevents the formation of the desired product.

 

New Minireview Published

The CHOCO group at UiT has just published a Minireview on Computational Studies of C-C bond formation with CO2:
The analysis reveals interesting patterns regarding the transition state conformations, which differ depending on the metal and substrate type. The article is Open access and free to read for everyone.