BY D. S. TARBELL, R. C. MALLATT AND JW WILSON Urethans, because of their favorable character- istics, are frequently used to identify alcohols and phenols. They are usually prepared by heating an alcohol or phenol in the absence of a cata1yst.l However, scattered statements indicate that this formation of urethans, particularly from phenols, is catalyzed not only by basesZ but by aluminum chloride3 and hydrogen ch1oride.l A general sur- vey of the effect of ...