
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cross, JTD 
A1  - Hunter, R 
A1  - Stimson, VR 
T1  - The thermal decomposition of simple carbonate esters
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1976
VL  - 29
IS  - 7
SP  - 1477
EP  - 1481
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9761477 
N2  - Dimethyl carbonate does not decompose at temperatures up to 390º. At 300-400º ethyl methyl, diethyl, ethyl propyl and dipropyl carbonates yield carbon dioxide, the alkene and the alcohol at similar rates with E (kJ mol-1) 182.0, 195.0, 181.6, 182.0 and log A (s-1) 11.72, 13.06, 11.89, 11.97, respectively. With ethyl propyl carbonate, ethylene is the slightly favoured alkene. 
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