In a new development, Texaco has replaced the hydrolysis of
ethylene carbonate with a methanolysis, leading to ethylene
glycol and dimethyl carbonate. Dimethyl carbonate can then be
hydrolyzed to methanol and C02, but it is increasingly used
for carbonylation and methylation, for example, for the
manufacture of isocyanates (cJ Section 13.3.3) and polycarbonates
(cJ Section 13.2.1.3).