The development of methods for efficiently using carbon dioxide in synthesis would enable chemists to tap into this abundant resource. Now, an indirect route to the copolymerization of alkenes with carbon dioxide shows how this greenhouse gas may prove useful in the search for new 'green' materials.
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Dove, A. Chaining up carbon dioxide. Nature Chem 6, 276–277 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1907
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