Synthesis and characterization of dialkyl carbonates prepared from mid-, long-chain, and guerbet alcohols

JA Kenar, G Knothe, AL Copes

Index: Kenar, James A.; Knothe, Gerhard; Copes, Ashley L. JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2004 , vol. 81, # 3 p. 285 - 291

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Abstract

Abstract A series of organic carbonates derived from mid-, long-chain, and Guerbet alcohols were synthesized in good yield (69–80% isolated yields after purification by distillation or recrystallization) though a carbonate interchange reaction by heating the linear or Guerbet alcohols with diethyl carbonate in the presence of catalyst, n-dibutyltin oxide. The carbonates were isolated by Kügelrohr distillation or recrystallization from acetone and ...