2964 PETER P. T. SAH AND TSU SHENG MA ... [CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LABORATORY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, NATIONAL TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY ] ESTERS OF ORTHOFORMIC ACID BY PETER PT SAH AND Tsu SHENG MA RECEIVED MARCH 14, 1932 PUBLISHED JULY 6. 1932 ... The discovery of the first orthoformic ester was connected with the famous Williamson synthesis.' The product from sodium ethoxide and chloroform was really an ether with ...