J. Kizlink et I. Pastucha, PREPARATION OF DIMETHYL CARBONATE FROM METHANOL AND CARBON-DIOXIDE INTHE PRESENCE OF ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 59(9), 1994, pp. 2116-2118
Dibutyltin dialkoxides react with methanol and carbon dioxide to give
dimethyl carbonate in 60 to 220 mole % yields with respect to the orga
notin compound. The higher yields of the carbonate (150 up to 330 mole
%) have been achieved with the use of chemical scavengers of the reac
tion water.