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DOI: 10.1039/A900483A (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1999, 2205-2208

Direct condensation reaction of carbon dioxide with alcohols using trisubstituted phosphine–carbon tetrabromide–base system as a condensing agent

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Jun-ichi Kadokawa, Habu Hideyuki, Shinji Fukamachi, Masa Karasu, Hideyuki Tagaya and Koji Chiba

Abstract

This paper describes the preparation of carbonates by the direct condensation of CO2 with alcohols using a trisubstituted phosphine–carbon tetrabromide–base system as a condensing agent. The yield of dibenzyl carbonate from CO2 and benzyl alcohol was at most 90.7%. The reaction of CO2 with the other primary alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, butan-1-ol, hexan-1-ol, allyl alcohol, and ethylene glycol also gave corresponding carbonates in relatively high yields, whereas yields of carbonates from CO2 and secondary alcohols were low.

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