Acidic and Basic Catalysis in Urethan Formation

DS Tarbell, RC Mallatt, JW Wilson

Index: Tarbell; Mallatt; Wilson Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 2229

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

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 ...