Utilization of Organic Carbonates and Conventional Synthetic Routes

1 Utilization of Organic Carbonates and Conventional Synthetic Routes 

Molecular acyclic (Structure 6.1a) and cyclic (Structure 6.1b) organic carbonates are expected to experience a considerable expansion of their market during the coming years because of their use in the chemical (as solvent and reagent [1]), pharmaceutical (as intermediates [2, 3]), and polymer industries [4] (Fig. 6.1). 

Safer and environmentally friendly synthetic methodologies, either CO-, CO2-, or urea-based routes, are available in the scientific and patent literature. Some of them 

Aresta et al., Reaction Mechanisms in Carbon Dioxide Conversion, DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-46831-9 6 

6 Reaction Mechanisms in the Direct Carboxylation of Alcohols, Polyols. 

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