Carbon Dioxide as a Source of Carbon: Biochemical and Chemical Uses

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Carbon Dioxide Problem....Pages 1-22
Industrial Uses of Carbon Dioxide....Pages 23-31
Electrochemical Approaches to the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide....Pages 33-54
Interactions of CO 2 with Transition-Metal Systems, Including Metal Surfaces....Pages 55-69
Photosynthetic Electron Transport: The Source of Electrons for CO 2 Reduction in Photosynthesis....Pages 71-81
Ribulose-1, 5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) (Isolation, Structure, and Regulation)....Pages 83-91
Chlorophyll Function in Plant Photosynthesis and Nonbiological Applications. Isotope Effects in Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide by Water....Pages 93-111
Photo— and Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide....Pages 113-138
The Enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase....Pages 139-167
Evolution of Models for the Structural, Spectroscopic, and Catalytic Properties of Carbonic Anhydrase....Pages 169-197
C 3 Photosynthesis in Algae: The Importance of Inorganic Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms....Pages 199-212
Past and Present: Long Term Changes in Atmospheric CO 2 Concentration and Plant Strategies for the Optimisation of Photosynthesis....Pages 213-236
Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 237-261
Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Anaerobic Bacteria....Pages 263-273
Stoichiometric Reactions of C-C Bond Formation Promoted by Metal Systems....Pages 275-293
Catalytic Reactions of Carbon Dioxide with Hydrocarbons....Pages 295-320
Fixation and Activation of Carbon Dioxide with Metalloporphyrin....Pages 321-329
Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxide....Pages 331-337
Electrochemical Syntheses of Carboxylic Acids from Carbon Dioxide....Pages 339-369
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as an Extraction Agent....Pages 371-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-441