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IN the course of an investigation of the stability of certain ketylic derivatives we have found that carbon monoxide is produced in quantitative yield through the interaction of metallic sodium with certain non-polar carbonates. Thus, sodium reacts readily with a warm xylene solution of diphenyl carbonate with the formation of sodium phenoxide and carbon monoxide, as indicated by the following equation:
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BOWDEN, S., JOHN, T. Carbon Monoxide from Carbonates. Nature 129, 833 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129833a0
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