NOVELTY - Converting carbon dioxide to organic compounds involves mixing at least one electronegative gas with carbon dioxide in a vessel (100) having at least one electrode (116); and applying negative voltage to the electrode to generate negative corona discharge at the tip of the electrode to produce electronegative ions at an energy sufficient to convert the carbon dioxide to an organic compound.    USE - For converting carbon dioxide to organic compounds such as ethanol, urea, tetra-iodomethane (claimed), methanol and oxalic acid, which are used as fuel or as industrial feedstock for other chemicals.    ADVANTAGE - In the method, by using electronegative gas ions, the added energy in the gas anions is provided by negative corona electrons at relatively low temperature and pressure, this avoids the expense and difficulty of previously used high-pressure and high-temperature methods; and by reacting electronegative gas ions, such as water vapor, iodine, bromine or ammonia with carbon dioxide (CO2), compounds such as ethanol, methanol, oxalic acid, tetraiodomethane, urea or other compounds can be synthesized at atmospheric pressure without any catalyst.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Converting carbon dioxide to organic compounds involves either mixing at least one electronegative gas with carbon dioxide in a vessel (100) having at least one electrode (116), and applying negative voltage to the electrode to generate negative corona discharge at the tip of the electrode to produce electronegative ions at an energy sufficient to convert the carbon dioxide to an organic compound; or mixing at least one electronegative gas with carbon dioxide in a vessel having at least one source of electrons to form negative ions, and generating an electron discharge within the vessel from the source of electrons to generate electronegative ions at an energy sufficient to convert the carbon dioxide to an organic compound. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an apparatus for converting carbon dioxide to organic compounds comprising: an outer shell defining reactor volume within the outer shell; at least one electrode fixedly attached to the outer shell with the tip of the electrode extending into the reactor volume; at least one supply line to provide feed gases to the reactor volume; and an outlet line to remove reaction products from the reactor volume; and further comprising metal column fixed within the reactor volume.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic view of the reactor vessel for use in producing electronegative gas ions and synthesizing organic compounds from carbon dioxide.    Vessel (100)    Outer shell (111)    Column (112)    Supporting tube (115)    Electrode (116)    Liner (117)    Reaction chamber (118)