Project type: Basic Research.
Research goal: Prepare isocyanate monomers commonly used by industry in polymerization reactions (MDI, TDI and aliphatic), as well as new isocyanates, by a different route, employing CO2 or diethyl carbonate.
Partnership and financing: Shell Brasil.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the RCGI – Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (23.1.8493.1.9), hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP) and sponsored by FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation (2020/15230-5) and Shell Brasil, as well as the strategic importance of the support given by ANP (Brazil’s National Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency) through the R&DI levy regulation.