Valorising CO₂ for oxidative carboxylation of olefins

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Carbon capture and utilization has become of utmost importance and urgency to reduce CO2 concentration and use captured CO₂ to synthesize high-value molecular building blocks. A widely exploited reaction is the oxidative carboxylation of olefins to cyclic carbonates, which allows both CO₂ fixation and valuable product formation, under environment-friendly conditions. This paper is a perusal of molecular and material-based catalysts reported for this specific reaction, namely metal-based catalysts, nitrogen-based catalysts, oxides and nanocatalysts, with a particular focus on studies published over the last 10 years. The examples are provided with details of their nature and catalytic mechanisms, together with a critical analysis of their advantages and drawbacks, and the improvements that future research in this field should aim to achieve.

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@article{ren2026valorising,
  title = {{Valorising CO₂ for oxidative carboxylation of olefins}},
  author = {Jingjing Ren and Franck Launay and Lorenzo Casimiro and Richard Villanneau},
  journal = {Chemical Communications},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1039/d6cc04514f},
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-05785631v1},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Valorising CO₂ for oxidative carboxylation of olefins
AU  - Jingjing Ren
AU  - Franck Launay
AU  - Lorenzo Casimiro
AU  - Richard Villanneau
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/17
JO  - Chemical Communications
DO  - 10.1039/d6cc04514f
UR  - https://hal.science/hal-05785631v1
AB  - Carbon capture and utilization has become of utmost importance and urgency to reduce CO2 concentration and use captured CO₂ to synthesize high-value molecular building blocks. A widely exploited reaction is the oxidative carboxylation of olefins to cyclic carbonates, which allows both CO₂ fixation and valuable product formation, under environment-friendly conditions. This paper is a perusal of molecular and material-based catalysts reported for this specific reaction, namely metal-based catalysts, nitrogen-based catalysts, oxides and nanocatalysts, with a particular focus on studies published over the last 10 years. The examples are provided with details of their nature and catalytic mechanisms, together with a critical analysis of their advantages and drawbacks, and the improvements that future research in this field should aim to achieve.
SN  - 1359-7345
SN  - 1364-548X
ER  -

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