Carbon Dioxide → HCID 178473657, compound

HRID 2058739Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2058739 reaction equation
C[O-].[Mg+2:3].C[O-].[O-:6][CH2:7][CH3:8].[Mg+2].[O-:10][CH2:11][CH3:12].[C:13](=[O:15])=[O:14]>C(O)C>[CH2:7]([O:6][C:13](=[O:14])[O-:15])[CH3:8].[CH2:11]([O:10][Mg+:3])[CH3:12]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 280Carbon DioxideHCID 164537Methanol, magnesium salt (2:1)HCID 164963Magnesium ethanolate

Product 1

HCID 178473657HCID 178473657, compound

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

In addition to solubilizing dried magnesium methoxide I have found it possible to solubilize magnesium ethoxide, which is virtually insoluble in ethanol, through addition of carbon dioxide to produce the extremely soluble ethoxy magnesium ethyl carbonate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9b7b01d43cf54b0d93e67441ee3bbdd8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_03
Patent number
US04318963

Reaction notes

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