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Methanol reacts with carbon dioxide, with a sodium methoxide catalyst, to give methyl formate.

BASF process.

Alan Heaton (Ed.) An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry, Blackie (1996)
CH3OH
  +  
CO
  +  
NaOCH3
         
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Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon monoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium methoxide Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methyl formate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: 1,1
Industrial Process: Organic

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