Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.8, 958-959, 2004
A remarkable effect of alkali addition in the oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate catalyzed by a polymer-complexed C(II) catalyst system
The presence of a small amount of alkali additive in the polymer-complexed copper catalysts can lead to a remarkable increase in the reaction efficiency for the oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate.