Abstract
Over the last few years, we have studied the Hemiesters of Carbonic Acid (HECAs) spontaneously formed in aqueous medium by reacting HCO3-/CO2 and a compound having at least one hydroxyl group. In a previous FAPESP project (2012/06642-1), we were able to promote a significant improvement in understanding about this class of compounds. In this new phase, we intend to extend the work in seve…