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

430 Pages·1987·11.66 MB·English

by  Michele Aresta (auth.), M. Aresta, G. Forti (eds.)

Carbon Dioxide as a Source of Carbon
Biochemical and Chemical Uses
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Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Vol. 206
Carbon Dioxide as a
Source of Carbon
Biochemical and Chemical Uses
edited by
M.Aresta
Department of Chemistry,
University of Bari, Italy
and
G. Forti
Department of Biology,
University of Milan, Italy
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on
Carbon Dioxide: Biochemical and Chemical Uses as a Source of Carbon
Pugnochluso, Italy
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NATO Advanced Study Institute on Carbon Dioxide: Biochemical and Chemical Uses as a
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Carbon dioxide as a source of carbon.
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.. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Carbon Dioxide: Biochemical and
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1. Carbon dioxide-Metabolism-Congresses. 2. Carbon dioxide-Congresses.
I. Aresta. M. (Michele), 1940- . II. Forti, Giorgio. III. Title. IV. Series: NATOASI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xi
The Carbon Dioxide Problem.
Mankind Energy Needs and Environmental Pollution.
M. ARESTA,
Dipartimento dl Chimica, Univprsita, Bari, Italy
Industrial Uses of Carbon Dioxide.
W. KEIM, 23
Institute of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry,
Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, W. Germany
Electrochemical Approaches to the Reduction cf
Carbon Dioxide.
C. O'CONNELL, S.I. HOMMEL TOFT , and R. EISENBERG, 33
Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester,
Rochester, USA
Interactions of C02 with Transition-Metal Systems,
Including Metal Surfaces.
J.A. IBERS, 55
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University,
Evanston,USA
Photosynthetic Electron Transport: the Source of
Electrons for C02 Reduction in Photosynthesis.
G. FORTI, 71
Centro di Studio del C.N.R. sulla Biologia Cellulare
e Molecolare delle Piante, Dipartimento di Biologia
dell'Universita, Milano, Italy
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Ribulose-l,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase
(RuBisCO) (Isolation, Structure, and Regulation).
T. AKAZAWA, A. INCHAROENSAKDI, and T. TAKABE, 83
Research Institute for Biochemical Regulation,
School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa,
Nagoya, Japan
Chlorophyll Function in Plant Photosynthesis and
Nonbiological Applications. Isotope Effects in
Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide by Water.
M.S. SHOWELL, J.-L. YOU, G.D. FONG, K.A. BUTCHER,
and F.K. FONG, 93
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Photo- and Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.
R. ZIESSEL, 113
Institut Le Bel, Universite Louis Pasteur,
Strasbourg, France
The Enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase.
I. BERTINI, C. LUCHINAT and R. MONNANNI, 139
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Firenze, Italy
Evolution of Models for the Structural, Spectroscopic,
and Catalytic Properties of Carbonic Anhydrase.
R.S. BROWN, 169
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
C3 Photosynthesis in Algae: the Importance of Inorganic
Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms.
D.T. CANVIN, A.G. MILLER and G.S. ESPIE, 199
Department of Biology, Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Past and Present: Long Term Changes in Atmospheric C02
Concentration and Plant Strategies for the Optimisation
of Photosynthesis.
M.N. SIVAK, 213
Research Institute for Photosynthesis,Sheffield,UK.
Photosynthetic Bacteria.
R.SIREV~G, 237
Department of Biology, Division of Molecular Cell
Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Anaerobic Bacteria.
G. FUCHS, 263
Abteilung Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universitat Ulm,
Ulm, W. Germany
Stoichiometric Reactions of C-C bond Formation
Promoted by Metal Systems.
H. HOBERG 275
Max-Planck-Institut fUr Kohlenforschung, MUlheim
a. d. Ruhr, Germany
Catalytic Reactions of Carbon Dioxide with Hydrocarbons.
A. BEHR, 295
Institute of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry,
Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, W. Germany
Fixation and Activation of Carbon Dioxide with
Metalloporphyrin.
S. INOUE, 321
Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxide.
S. INOUE, 331
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of
Synthe~ic
Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Electrochemical Syntheses of Carboxylic Acids
from Carbon Dioxide.
G. SILVESTRI, 339
Istituto di Ingegneria Chimica, Universita' di
Pa 1e rmo, Ita ly
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as an Extraction
Agent.
W.O. EISENBACH, 371
Max-Planck Institute fUr Kohlenforschung,
MUlheim a.d. Ruhr , Germany.
List of Short Communications presented
at the NATO-AS I Summer School. 389
List of Participants in the NATO-AS I
Summer School. 397
Conclusions 407
Specialists Reports and Suggestions
for Future Work. 413
Index 423
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to thank the NATO Science Committee for having supported the
ASI Summer School on "Carbon Dioxide: Chemical and Biochemical Uses as
a Source of Carbon".
This was a great opportunity for Biochemists and Chemists for discussi~~
in detail the carbon dioxide fixation processes.
The School was attended by several Students involved in this Research
and the comparison of the different aspects of the problem resulted very
helpful for a better understanding of the fundamentals and for designing
a strategy for overcoming some of the difficulties usually encountered.
The importance of the subject and the great number of questions that
stay still opened make this School a starting point and confirm that
the interdisciplinary approach to the problem is of fundamental impor
tance.
We wish to thank also: The University of Bari ,the Dipartimento di Chimi
ca - University of Bari ,the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)-Rome,
ENEA, ENIChem Sintesi,the Regione Puglia,the Provincia di Foggia-Asses
sorato alla Pubblica Istruzione,the Societa Chimica Italiana-Divisione
di Chimica Inorganica,the Associazione Italiana di Chimica Inorganica,
the Consorzio per la Universita di Capitanata for their interest and
help.
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