tetramethoxymethane
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Tetramethoxymethane is a chemical compound which is formally formed by complete methylation of the hypothetical orthocarbonic acid .
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Tetramethoxymethane is a chemical compound which is formally formed by complete methylation of the hypothetical orthocarbonic acid .
== Preparation == The obvious synthetic route from the tetrahalomethanes does not yield the desired product, instead giving orthoformates and a halohydrin byproduct. The original preparation of the tetramethoxymethane was therefore based on chloropicrin: 400px|TMOC from chloropicrin corr
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