Keeping the lid on CO2: Atmospheric CO2 can be trapped irreversibly by hypervalent organobismuth oxide and hydroxide compounds, while an analogous alkoxide binds this greenhouse gas reversibly (see scheme). The hypervalent nature of the bismuth compounds is shown to play a decisive roll in these reactions.
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