Reactions of phosgene with Group 11 oxides and sulfides

1 Reactions of phosgene with Group 1 oxides and sulfides 

In 1868, Odling reported that phosgene reacted with potassium oxide to give potassium carbonate [1536]  

An early report of the reaction between alkaline hydrogen peroxide and phosgene suggests that methanal is formed [1123]. In a not particularly enlightening study, the reaction between phosgene and sodium peroxide at -10 C is said to give products of composition NUjOj.NaCI in the presence of an excess of phosgene, the products observed were NaCl, COj and Oj [1341]. These data were used to deduce that [COJ is incapable of 

Phosgene reacts with sodium peroxide, in the presence of suitable sensitizers (for example, rubrene, perylene, 9,10-diphenylanthracene, 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene or 

6-diphenylisobenzofuran) to produce chemiluminescence, via a dioxirane mechanism (c/. Section 9.7.6) [1946]  

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