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US 2015/0306590 A1Published application
Carbon-dioxide compound and catalyst
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsIoana Aron, Christopher C. Cummins
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Abstract
Tetrahedral [MoO4]2− readily binds CO2 to produce a robust [MoO3(κ2-CO3)]2− that can affect the reduction of CO2 to formate.
Claims17
An isolated compound comprising a molybdate complex of carbon dioxide.
A method of making an isolated molybdate complex of carbon dioxide comprising:
- exposing a molybdate to carbon dioxide;
- and isolating the molybdate complex of carbon dioxide.
A method for carbon dioxide fixation comprising:
- exposing carbon dioxide to a molybdate in the presence of a mild nucleophile to produce a carbon dioxide-transformed product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.