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C–H carboxylation takes gold

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A highly basic gold catalyst has been shown to mediate the reaction of aromatic C–H bonds with carbon dioxide. The reaction provides a potential method of fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide and producing valuable chemical products.

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Figure 1: Catalytic C–H carboxylation.

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  1. Derek Dalton and Tomislav Rovis are in Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. rovis@lamar.colostate.edu,

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Dalton, D., Rovis, T. C–H carboxylation takes gold. Nature Chem 2, 710–711 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.815

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