The reaction of ROH and RSH (R = alkyl or aryl) with methyl diethoxy- acetate leads to an easy synthesis of mixed orthoformates. In view of the contra- dictory results reported in the literature the disproportionation of mixed ortho- formates was also studied. ... Surveying the literature 1 it appears that no general method for the preparation of mixed orthoformates exists. More or less incidental methods have been described by a number of authors and a synthetic ...
