In this work, the reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol by borohydride salts was studied, theoretically.
The steps of the overall reaction classified into three phases affected by substituting groups of borohydride salts.
The electronic interactions and charge density of boron atom affect the Gibbs free energy of activations.
Li[MeBH3] as the best reductive reagent has been proposed for the reaction, thermodynamically and kinetically.