Dimethyl carbonate, 99%

General References:

1. Conversion of a ketone to its methoxycarbonyl derivative has been used to change the preferred site of chlorination to the less-substituted carbon atom: Synthesis, 188 (1987):
2. Grignard reagents react in THF to give methyl esters, providing a high-yield, one-pot synthesis of carboxylic esters from alkyl or aryl halides: Synth. Commun., 20, 3273 (1990).
3. Useful alkylating agent. Although less reactive, dimethyl carbonate has the advantage of much lower toxicity than the more usual sulfate or iodide. In the presence of K₂CO₃ and 18-crown-6, alcohols, phenols, thiols, imidazoles, etc. can be methylated: Synthesis, 382 (1986). For K₂CO₃ promoted alkylation of active methylene compounds at 180-220° (pressure), see: Rec. Trav. Chim., 115, 256 (1996); Org. Synth., 76, 169 (1998). Other dialkyl carbonates behave similarly.
4. For other reactions of dialkyl carbonates, see Diethyl carbonate, A12477.
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