The sustainable synthesis of carbohydrates from CO2 is challenging due to the complexity of controlled CO2 reduction. Here a two-step method for the sustainable synthesis of C5+ carbohydrates is reported. CO2 is initially fixed into hydroxymethanesulfonate, which is then used as a formaldehyde surrogate in a formose reaction to synthesize C5+ carbohydrates.
- Jing Li
- Kedang Chen
- Hailiang Wang