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Abstract

A method of synthesizing a CO.sub.2 -philic analog of a CO.sub.2 -phobic compound, includes the step of: reacting the CO.sub.2 -phobic compound with a CO.sub.2 -philic compound selected from the group of a polyether substituted with at least one side group including preferably a Lewis base, a polycarbonate, a polycarbonate substituted with at least one side group including preferably a Lewis base, a vinyl polymer substituted with at least one side group including preferably a Lewis base a poly(ether-ester) or a poly(ether-ester) substituted with at least one side group including preferably a Lewis base, to create the CO.sub.2 -philic analog. A method of synthesizing a CO.sub.2 -phile includes the step of copolymerizing at least two monomers, wherein a polymer formed from homopolymerization of one of the monomers has a T.sub.g of less than approximately 250 K and a steric factor less than approximately 1.8, at least one of the monomers contains a group that results in a pendant group from the CO.sub.2 -phile backbone that contains a Lewis base group, and the resultant CO.sub.2 -phile does not contain both hydrogen bond donors and acceptors.

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