Chemical communications

An efficient synthesis of organic carbonates: atom economic protocol with a new catalytic system

B Veldurthy, F Figueras

Index: Veldurthy, Bhaskar; Figueras, Francois Chemical Communications, 2004 , # 6 p. 734 - 735

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Abstract

Organic carbonates have been utilized ubiquitously as intermediates for the synthesis of fine chemicals, 1,2 pharmaceuticals, 3 plasticizers, synthetic lubricants, 4 monomers for organic glasses, and solvents. 5,6 The reaction of phosgene with diols and the coupling of halo formates with isolated alcohols and phenols are the most common procedures, 1,2,7–9 but these methods involving toxic materials are not environmentally satisfactory. The modern syntheses of ...