two problems at once.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHow was this reaction made possible?<\/h3>\n Prior to the experiments, ICReDD scientists screened various heteroaromatic compounds by calculating their reduction potentials, which is a measure of how a compound will react when subjected to an electric environment.<\/p>\n
The results enabled researchers to identify potentially reactive compounds and carry out targeted electrochemical experiments. This demonstrated that a wide variety of substrates that exhibit highly negative reduction potentials can very efficiently undergo this unprecedented dearomative addition of two CO2<\/sub>\u00a0molecules.<\/p>\nTherefore, the obtained dicarboxylic acids can be easily and cost-effectively modified into key intermediates for biologically active compounds, which could lead to more efficient and economical drug development.<\/p>\n
Researchers involved in this study attributed the rapid development of this new process to their strategy of primarily performing computational analyses that informed their experimental choices in the lab.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started to learn computational chemistry when I joined ICReDD. Within one year, I was able to utilise advanced calculation techniques, which was very useful for guiding my decisions in the lab,\u201d noted first author, Dr Yong You.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took only eight months to complete the research and publish the paper, which is much faster than a conventional project involving experiments. Significant research time is saved because a computer can reliably predict the feasibility of the reactant structures and possible reaction pathways\u201d concluded Tsuyoshi Mita, leader of the project.<\/p>\n
This study was conducted at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) in Hokkaido University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A research team from Hokkaido University has developed a novel method that could be used for recycling CO2\u202fwaste, while also producing molecules useful for drug development.\u00a0 Why are scientists interested in recycling CO2? In addition to the significant demand for carbon-neutrality, chemists are progressively interested in utilising Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in syntheses since it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":18686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24429],"tags":[3478,763],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Recycling CO2 made possible by novel method<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n