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. 2019 May 21;7:357. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00357

Table 3.

Variation of the concentration of glycerol (1) and K2CO3 for the O-methylation of glycerol (1) in subcritical methanol.

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Entry Glycerol (g) K2CO3 (mol%) Yield of 2 (%)
1 1 66.3 11
2 2 33.2 20
3 3 22.10 30
4 4 16.6 39
5 5 13.3 32
6 6 11.0 29
7 4 8.3 33
8 4 33.4 25
9 1 16.5 19
10 1 66.0 37
11 8 16.7 36
12 16 16.6 23
13* 4 2 × 16.6 44
*

Addition of the second amount of K2CO3 (16.6 mol%) after 15 h for a total reaction time of 30 h.