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Offline bmorvan

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trialkyl orthoformate - acidic way
« on: August 17, 2010, 05:10:12 AM »
The current method to produce trialkyl orthoformate is chloroform with metal alkoxide.
Because of the reactivity of functions on the alcohol towards bases,
I can use only an acidic way:
chloroform and alcohol. How can I  catalyse the reaction ?
thanks

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