Mode of decomposition of chloro-and fluoro-formates of some carbohydrates and related compounds

N Baggett, KW Buck, AB Foster, R Jefferis…

Index: Baggett,N. et al. Carbohydrate Research, 1967 , vol. 4, p. 343 - 351

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Abstract

Abstract It has been established that thermal and catalytic decomposition of certain alkyl haloformates affords dialkyl carbonates in addition to alkyl halides. Pyridine (or quinoline)- catalysed decomposition of ethyl and cyclohexyl chloroformate and ethyl fluoroformate affords high yields of alkyl halides, but cyclohexyl fluoroformate yields a significant proportion of dialkyl carbonate. In compounds containing the structural unit O· CC· O· CO· ...