Utilization of carbon dioxide in heterogeneous catalytic synthesis

Utilization of carbon dioxide as a C-1 building block in chemical synthesis has been stimulated mainly by environmental considerations and its large-s cale availability. Catalysis provides several opportunities for using CO2 i n chemical synthesis. The present state of these efforts in heterogeneous c atalysis is briefly surveyed, placing special emphasis on more recent devel opments in the syntheses of methanol, methylamines and formic acid derivati ves, and the production of synthesis gas. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & S ons, Ltd.