Sustainable Chemistry: Reversible reaction of CO2 with amines

Reversible luminescent reaction of amines with copper(I) cyanide.

Copper(i) cyanide exposed to various liquid or vapor-phase amines (L) at ambient temperature produces a variety of visible photoluminescence colors via reversible formation of amine adducts. The adducts show phase matches to authentic (CuCN)L(n), n = 0.75-2.0, produced by heating CuCN with liquid amine.

Reversible luminescent reaction of amines with copper(I) cyanidew

One of the significant on-going challenges in chemistry is the specific and convenient detection of compounds of interest in the environment. Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) via chemical ‘‘sniffing’’ requires an interaction between the VOC and a detector substrate, resulting in a measurable change. Crystal inclusion of VOCs into various d and d metal complexes has been found to a...

Reduced Reactivity of Amines against Nucleophilic Substitution via Reversible Reaction with Carbon Dioxide.

The reversible reaction of carbon dioxide (CO₂) with primary amines to form alkyl-ammonium carbamates is demonstrated in this work to reduce amine reactivity against nucleophilic substitution reactions with benzophenone and phenyl isocyanate. The reversible formation of carbamates has been recently exploited for a number of unique applications including the formation of reversible ionic liquids...

CO2 Chemistry

It is our pleasure to introduce this Thematic Series on CO2 chemistry for the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (BJOC). Today’s growing demand for energy, materials and chemicals has prompted renewed interest in CO2 chemistry. More resource-efficient chemical processes are being implemented, while we are facing the change from a fossil fuel-based society to one that must rely on the sustai...

Reaction of Sulfur Dioxide (so2) with Reversible Ionic Liquids (revils) for Carbon Dioxide (co2) Capture