Overview
- Provides updated advances on carbon dioxide chemistry in organic synthesis
- Particularly shows PEG-promoted CO2 chemistry on the basis of understanding about the phase behavior of PEG/CO2 system
- Systematically describes carbon capture and utilization (CCU) strategy as an alternative approach to addressing the energy penalty problem in carbon capture and storage
- Includes PEG radical chemistry in dense carbon dioxide as rather creative and unusual use of PEG, which serves as a reaction medium and as a radical initiator for radical chemistry
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability (GREENCHEMIST)
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Furthermore, they describe carbon capture and utilization strategy as an alternative approach to address the energy penalty problem in carbon capture and storage.
Interestingly, the authors also discuss PEG radical chemistry in dense CO2 as rather creative and unusual use of PEG,presumably serves as a reaction medium and a radical initiator for radical chemistry.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Professor Liang-Nian He
State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry
Nankai University
Weijin Rd. 94
Tianjin, 300071
P. R. China
Tel: +86 22 23503878
Fax: +86-22 23503878
Email: heln@nankai.edu.cn
Professor Liang-Nian He received his Ph.D. degree from Nankai University in 1996 under the guidance of academician Ru-Yu Chen. He worked then as a Chinese postdoctoral fellow with academician Ren-Xi Zhuo at Wuhan University. He had worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan from 1999 to 2003 before joining Nankai University in April 2003. He has over 130 scientific publications and 6 patents. He also edited 8 books and chapters, delivered more than 30 invited lectures at international/national conferences and universities and research organizations. Now He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), an Editor-in-Chief for “Green and Sustainable Chemistry”, an associate Editor of “Sustainable Development”, and a member of Editorial Broad of “Current Organic Synthesis”, “Current Chemical Research”, “Reports in Organic Chemistry”, “Current Catalysis”, “Recent Patents on Catalysis”, and a member of Chinese Fine Chemical Committee.
Current research: His research involves CO2 chemistry, green synthetic chemistry, catalysis in green solvent and biomass conversion (castor-based energy), particularly chemical transformation of CO2 into fuels and value-added chemicals as well as CO2 capture and utilization. Great efforts have been directed towards constructing C-C, C-O and C-N bond on the basis of CO2 activation through molecular catalysis owing to its kinetic and thermodynamic stability. The aim of his research is to demonstrate the versatile use of CO2 in organic synthesis, with the main focus on utilization of CO2 as a building block for synthesis of industrial useful compounds and fuel additives such as cyclic carbonates, oxazolidinones, lactones, quinazolines, etc. CO2 capture by using efficient chemical absorbents and the potential use of dense CO2 (supercritical CO2) or green solvent like ionic liquid, polyethylene glycol as an alternative solvent and otherwise specific roles in organic synthesis are also involved.
Current research: His research involves CO2 chemistry, green synthetic chemistry, catalysis in green solvent and biomass conversion (castor-based energy), particularly chemical transformation of CO2 into fuels and value-added chemicals as well as CO2 capture and utilization. Great efforts have been directed towards constructing C-C, C-O and C-N bond on the basis of CO2 activation through molecular catalysis owing to its kinetic and thermodynamic stability. The aim of his research is to demonstratethe versatile use of CO2 in organic synthesis, with the main focus on utilization of CO2 as a building block for synthesis of industrial useful compounds and fuel additives such as cyclic carbonates, oxazolidinones, lactones, quinazolines, etc. CO2 capture by using efficient chemical absorbents and the potential use of dense CO2 (supercritical CO2) or green solvent like ionic liquid, polyethylene glycol as an alternative solvent and otherwise specific roles in organic synthesis are also involved.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Capture and Utilization of Carbon Dioxide with Polyethylene Glycol
Authors: Zhen-Zhen Yang, Qing-Wen Song, Liang-Nian He
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31268-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31267-0Published: 11 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31268-7Published: 10 August 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 78
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Catalysis