Ethyl acetate is one of the simplest carboxylate esters. (Former Molecule of the Week methyl formate is the simplest.) The colorless liquid has a sweet, fruity odor that most people find pleasant. As ...

“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 ...

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 ...