@inbook {45834, title = {Alkoxycarbonylation for fine chemicals: carbamates}, booktitle = {Industrial catalytic processes for fine and specialty chemicals}, year = {2016}, pages = { 693-719}, publisher = {Elsevier Inc.}, organization = {Elsevier Inc.}, abstract = {Carbamates are an important class of compounds having wide applications in pharmaceutical, polymer, and agriculture industry. A brief account of the history of carbamates, their synthesis, and applications in chemical industry is presented in this chapter. A section on synthesis of carbamates by catalytic methoxycarbonylation of amines is also included. Results of lead-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of aniline to methyl- N-phenyl carbamate are presented as a model case study. The synthesis of several carbamates has been reported using dimethyl carbonate to illustrate the usefulness of the method.}, doi = {10.1016/B978-0-12-801457-8.00015-X}, author = {Didgikar, M. R. and Joshi, S. S.} }