Triethyl orthoformate, 98%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

General References:

1. Acid-catalyzed reaction with an arylamine gives the N-ethoxymethylene derivative (imidic ester); see, e.g.: Org. Synth. Coll., 4, 464 (1963); reduction (NaBH₄) gives the monomethyl amine: Synthesis, 55 (1974).
2. Due to their intrinsic dehydrating property, orthoformates are convenient reagents for acetalization of carbonyl compounds, under acid catalysis, e.g. tosic acid: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 60, 1905 (1938); J. Org. Chem., 20, 1695 (1955), or acidic ion-exchange resin: Synthesis, 348 (1974). Selective catalysis with NBS has been found to give high yields of acetals under almost neutral conditions: Synlett, 1456 (1999).
3. In the presence of BF₃ etherate, is a source of the diethoxycarbenium ion: Synth. Commun., 19, 2307 (1989), a selective alkylating agent and a useful intermediate for the diethoxymethylenation of ketones, to give protected ß-ketoaldehydes: J. Org. Chem., 46, 2557 (1981). For a similar reaction with enamines to give the same products, see: Chem. Lett., 1307 (1982); Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 57, 1876 (1984).
4. Orthoformates have also found use in the electrophilic formylation of activated aromatic species, e.g.: phenols (in the presence of AlCl₃): Chem. Ber., 96, 308 (1963); pyrrole derivatives (with TFA): Austral. J. Chem., 25, 1979 (1972).
5. For further reactions of alkyl orthoformates, see Trimethyl orthoformate, A13760.
6. Yar, M.; Shahzad, S.; Siddiqi, S. A.; Mahmood, N.; Rauf, A.; Anwar, M. S.; Chaudhry, A. A.; Rehman, I. Triethyl orthoformate mediated a novel crosslinking method for the preparation of hydrogels for tissue engineering applications: characterization and in vitro cytocompatibility analysis. Mater. Sci. Eng., C 2015, 56, 154-164.
7. Szczepankiewicz, W.; Kuźnik, N. Synthesis of 3-arylquinazolin-4(3H)-imines from 2-amino-N'-arylbenzamidines and triethyl orthoformate. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56 (10), 1198-1199.