TMC Catalyst (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

TMC Catalyst

Caption

Tetramethylammonium methyl carbonate (TMC) reacts in-situ with an alcohol to form an alkoxide ion, which then attacks the starting ester to give the complex target ester in high yields.

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Manabu Hatano & Kazuaki Ishihara

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