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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Organic Chemistry Forum for Graduate Students and Professionals => Topic started by: bmorvan on August 17, 2010, 05:10:12 AM
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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