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·        Provides updated advances on carbondioxide chemistry in organic synthesis

·        Particularly shows PEG-promoted CO2chemistry on the basis of understanding about the phase behavior of PEG/CO2system

·        Systematically describes carboncapture and utilization (CCU) strategy as an alternative approach to addressingthe energy penalty problem in carbon capture and storage

·        Includes PEG radical chemistry indense carbon dioxide as rather creative and unusual use of PEG, which serves asa reaction medium and as a radical initiator for radical chemistry

In thisvolume, Professor He and his coworkers summarize polyethylene glycol(PEG)-promoted CO2 chemistry on the basis of understanding about phase behaviorof PEG/CO2 system and reaction mechanism at molecular level. As PEG could beutilized as a green replacement for organic solvents, phase-transfer catalyst,surfactant, support in various reaction systems, significantly promotingcatalytic activity and recovering expensive metal catalysts, particularlyregarded as a CO2-philic material, the authors focus on special applications ofPEG in CO2 capture and utilization, including PEG-functionalized catalysts forefficient transformation of CO2 and PEG-functionalized absorbents for efficientCO2 capture.
Furthermore, they describe carbon capture and utilization strategy as analternative approach to address the energy penalty problem in carbon captureand storage.
Interestingly, the authors also discuss PEG radical chemistry in dense CO2 asrather creative and unusual use of PEG, presumably serves as a reaction mediumand a radical initiator for radical chemistry.