
%0 Journal Article
%A Cross, JTD 
%A Hunter, R 
%A Stimson, VR 
%T The thermal decomposition of simple carbonate esters
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1976/07/01
%V 29
%N 7
%P 1477-1481
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9761477
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9761477 
%X 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. 
