Tetrachloroethylene carbonate is a carbonate ester with the chemical formula . It is produced by the photochlorination of ethylene carbonate. It has been used as precursor for oxalyl chloride.
Tetrachloroethylene carbonate acts as a Lewis base and it forms a complex with the Lewis acid antimony pentachloride.Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis. (2016). Wiley. Tetrachloroethylene carbonate reacts with tributylamine, forming phosgene.Pohanish, R. P., Greene, S. A. (2005). Wiley Guide to Chemical Incompatibilities. Wiley.
See also Tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene oxide
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