Chemistry Letters

A Facile Preparation of Dialkyl Carbonates from Potassium Carbonate and Alkyl Bromides by Using Organostannyl Compound as a Catalyst

T Fujinami, S Sato, S Sakai

Index: Fujinami, Tatsuo; Sato, Shinichi; Sakai, Shizuyoshi Chemistry Letters, 1981 , p. 749 - 752

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Abstract

Dialkyl carbonates were easily prepared by the heterogeneous reaction of solid potassium carbonate with alkyl bromides in dimethylformamide or dimethylsulfoxide in the presence of organostannyl compound such as hexabutyldistannoxane or chlorotributylstannane. Mixed catalytic system consisting of a tributylstannyl compound and 18-Crown-6 was much effective even in less polar solvents.

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