Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Long Chain Esters via Formate Hydroesterification.

CO-based hydroesterification is an attractive route to produce value added ester compounds, which could replace widely used CO-based hydroesterification processes if sufficient catalytic technologies are developed. One path to CO-based hydroesterification could proceed through an organoformate intermediate, which is then used in olefin hydroesterification to generate the desirable esters. This route opens the possibility of creating a net CO-based hydroesterification process using tandem catalytic systems for CO hydrogenation to organoformate paired with formate-olefin hydroesterification.