A safe and mild synthesis of organic carbonates from alkyl halides and tetrabutylammonium alkyl carbonates

…, M Feroci, L Palombi, L Rossi

Index: Mucciante, Vittoria; Rossi, Leucio; Feroci, Marta; Sotgiu, Giovanni Synthetic Communications, 2002 , vol. 32, # 8 p. 1205 - 1210

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Abstract

A safe and mild procedure for the synthesis of mixed organic carbonates is described. Reaction of commercially available tetrabutylammonium methoxide and ethoxide with carbon dioxide yields the corresponding methyl and ethyl tetrabutylammonium carbonates