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Mechanism of tin(IV) -catalysed urethane formation
Houghton, Roy P.,Mulvaney, Andrew W.
, p. 21 - 27 (1996)
It has been found that dibutyltin dilaurate and dibutyltin dibutanethiolate are almost equally effective as catalysts in the formation of a urethane from phenyl isocyanate and butanol, and that the catalytic activity of both compounds is inhibited by thiols. These results are consistent with a mechanism which involves the N-coordination of the isocyanate with a tin alkoxide that is formed by alcoholysis of the starting tin compound.
