The Journal of organic chemistry

Synthesis of carbonates and related compounds from carbon dioxide via methanesulfonyl carbonates

MO Bratt, PC Taylor

Index: Bratt, Mark O.; Taylor, Paul C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 14 p. 5439 - 5444

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Citation Number: 39

Abstract

Carbonate anions resulting from reaction of primary or secondary alcohols with carbon dioxide, when added to methanesulfonic anhydride in cooled acetonitrile solution, yield methanesulfonyl carbonates, a new class of synthetic intermediate. Base-mediated reaction of the methanesulfonyl carbonates with alcohols, thiols, and amines yields carbonates, thiocarbonates, and carbamates, respectively. Overall yields for the three steps vary from ...