ChemInform Abstract: Advantages of Fluoroformates as Carboalkoxylating Reagents for Polar Reactants.

Abstract

284ChemInform Abstract Polyhydroxy derivatives such as glucose (I), adonitol (IV), and thymidine (VI) are perethoxycarbonylated with ethyl fluoroformate (II) in DMSO (or DMF, NMP) to produce the corresponding carbonates (III), (V), and (VII).