A joint effort in chemistry has resulted in an innovative method for utilizing carbon dioxide in a positive - even beneficial - manner: through electrosynthesis, it is integrated into a series of organic molecules that play a crucial role in the development of pharmaceuticals. During the process,
used the process of electrochemistry to stitch together simple carbon molecules and form complex compounds, eliminating the need for precious metals or other catalysts to promote the chemical reaction.
The researchers’ goal was to make carboxylated pyridines, i.e., pyridines with carbon dioxide appended to them. The advantage of introducing carbon dioxide to a pyridine ring is that it can change a molecule’s functionality and potentially help it bind to certain targets, such as proteins. However, the two molecules are not natural partners. Pyridine is a reactive molecule, while carbon dioxide is generally inert.
Lin’s lab combined its expertise in electrochemistry with Yu’s group’s specialization in utilizing carbon dioxide in organic synthesis, and they were able to successfully create carboxylated pyridines. The team’s serendipitous discovery emerged while they were conducting the electrosynthesis. Chemists typically run an electrochemical reaction in one of two ways: in an undivided electrochemical cell or in a divided electrochemical cell . One approach may be more efficient than the other, but they both produce the same product.
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