The utilization of carbon dioxide as building block fro chemical products is a longlasting challenge for catalysis research that has recently seen a very dynamic renewed interest in the context of carbon management strategies. The present contribution discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic constraints for the utilization of CO2 in catalytic carboxylation reactions and provides detailed insight into the factors that control the formation of C-C bonds in the coordination sphere of potential catalysts for these 'dream reactions'.For leading references see:(1) Chemical Technologies for Exploiting and Recycling CO2 into the Value Chain, M. Peters, B. K�hler, W. Kuckshinrichs, W. Leitner, P. Markewitz, T.E. M�ller, ChemSusChem. 2011,  4, 1216-1240. (2) CO2 Insertion into Metal�Carbon Bonds: A Computational Study of RhI Pincer Complexes, T. G. Ostapowicz, M. H�lscher, W. Leitner, Chem. Eur. J. 2011 , 17, 10329 - 10338.(3) Carboxylation of arene C-H bonds with CO2 � A DFT-based approach to catalyst design, A. Uhe, M. H�lscher, W. Leitner, Chem. Eur. J. 2011 , in press.

Utilizing carbon dioxide as chemical feedstock: Control factors on a molecular level

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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