“When we measured the motion of the gas containing methyl formate by using the Doppler effect,” said Oya “we found a clear rotation motion specific to the ring structure.” In this ...

Methyl formate, a clear, volatile liquid, is the simplest carboxylate ester. It can be made in the lab by the acid-catalyzed esterification of formic acid and methanol. Industrially, it is produced by ...

Figure 1: Alternative routes to methanol based on methyl formate, dimethyl carbonate and organo-carbamates. Here we report the first examples of catalytic hydrogenation of organic carbonates to ...