CO2 fixation in polyepoxides

• Grant number: 21/01427-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2021
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ubirajara Pereira Rodrigues Filho
• Grantee: Yago Randolpho Ruella
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The importance of the use of carbon dioxide it is twofold: a- Mitigation of the Global Warming; b- CO2 is an abundant, cheap, non-toxic, easily handled, and stored resource. The aim of this proposal is to improve the sustainability of Industrial process, such as Biorefinary, Cement and Fertilizer Industries. It is intended to explore the reaction of CO2 to bis-and poly epoxides in order to obtain bis-and poly-cyclic ciclocarbonatos (CC) precursors that subsequently will be used in the production of hybrid hidroxyurethanes as well as their nanocomposite with potential application as antifungal, photochromic films, supports for photocatalysts.