Carbon Dioxide as a Source of Carbon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Acknowledgements.
• The Carbon Dioxide Problem; Mankind Energy Needs and Environmental Pollution.
• Industrial Uses of Carbon Dioxide.
• Electrochemical Approaches to the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.
• Interactions of CO2 with Transition-Metal Systems, Including Metal Surfaces.
• Photosynthetic Electron Transport: the Source of Electrons for CO2 Reduction in Photosynthesis.
• Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RuBisCO) (Isolation, Structure, and Regulation).
• Chlorophyll Function in Plant Photosynthesis and Nonbiological Applications. Isotope Effects in Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide by Water.
• Photo- and Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.
• The Enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase.
• Evolution of Models for the Structural, Spectroscopic, and Catalytic Properties of Carbonic Anhydrase.
• C3 Photosynthesis in Algae: the Importance of Inorganic Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms.
• Past and Present: Long Term Changes in Atmospheric CO2 Concentration and Plant Strategies for the Optimisation of Photosynthesis.
• Photosynthetic Bacteria.
• Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Anaerobic Bacteria.
• Stoichiometric Reactions of C-C bond Formation Promoted by Metal Systems.
• Catalytic Reactions of Carbon Dioxide with Hydrocarbons.
• Fixation and Activation of Carbon Dioxide with Metalloporphyrin.
• Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxide.
• Electrochemical Syntheses of Carboxylic Acids from Carbon Dioxide.
• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as an Extraction Agent.
• List of Short Communications presented at the NATO-ASI Summer School.
• List of Participants in the NATO-ASI Summer School.
• Conclusions.
• Specialists Reports and Suggestions for Future Work.