Recent Advances on CO₂ Utilization as C1 Building Block in C-N and C-O Bond Formation

In the last decade, enormous efforts have been initiated to establish catalytic transformations with carbon dioxide (CO₂) as a C₁ building block toward the synthesis of value-added products. The scientific development was largely based on the design of tailored molecular catalysts and ligands, making novel synthetic pathways with CO₂ as substrate achievable. Herein, recent applications using CO₂ for the homogeneous catalyzed formation of C-N and C-O bonds within the synthesis of formamides, methylamines, and dialkoxymethanes are summarized, focusing on the construction of value-added intermediates and products.