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diphenyl oxalate - an attempt....

kmno4 - 21-2-2014 at 04:29

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[Edited on 21-2-2014 by kmno4]

Marvin - 21-2-2014 at 05:37

Much respect for trying this but please don't taste an experimental compound ever again.

Fingers crossed it is the ester.

Mailinmypocket - 21-2-2014 at 06:03

This is very interesting! I remember reading some papers in which dimethyl oxalate is used with a Ti catalyst and phenol to produce the target compound. Might be another route to experiment with since dimethyl oxalate is so easy to prepare?

http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=cv2p0414

http://www.paper.edu.cn/selfs/downpaper/wangshengping286217-...

Marvin - 21-2-2014 at 06:50

Second paper isn't working for me, it goes directly to the site front page. Can you attach it?

That was the method I was going to try, but I didn't know about the catalyst. I was also thinking about transesterification.


Mailinmypocket - 21-2-2014 at 07:31

Sure thing, no clue why that happened...



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