The co-conversion of CO2 and CO32- ions to organic chemicals in non-aqueous solvents.

Herein, the interactions between CO2 and an imidazolium-based non-aqueous solvent containing CO32- ions and ethylene glycol (EG) are studied to explore whether CO2 and CO32- could convert to the same product in non-aqueous media. Interestingly, the results indicate that both CO2 and CO32- convert to the EG carbonate or the NHC-CO2 (NHC: N-heterocyclic carbenes) adduct.