Production
Ethylene carbonate is produced by the reaction between ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide.
Ethylene carbonate (and propylene carbonate) may be converted to dimethyl carbonate (a useful solvent and a mild methylating agent) via transesterification by methanol:
- C2H4CO3 + 2 CH3OH → CH3OCO2CH3 + HOC2H4OH
Dimethyl carbonate may itself be similarly transesterified to diphenyl carbonate, a phosgene-substitute:
- CH3OCO2CH3 + 2 PhOH → PhOCO2Ph + 2 MeOH
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