Generation and detection by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of a simple tetrahedral intermediate, dimethyl hemiorthoformate
Abstract
Dimethyl hemiorthoformate has been shown to be an intermediate in the hydrolysis of acetoxydimethoxymethane in a mixture of [2H6]acetone (9 vols.) and deuterium oxide (1 vol.) at –35 °C and its formation and decomposition have been studied by following the changes in the n.m.r. spectrum.