Process for preparing dialkyl carbonate.

Process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate of general formula (1) ** (See formula) ** wherein R = alkyl (C1-C8) or C6H5CH2 which comprises reacting a cyclic carbonate with an alcohol in the presence of a complex double metal cyanide, solid, at a temperature in the range of between 140 and 180 ° C catalyst, over a period of between 4 and 10 hours, removing the catalyst from the mixture of above-mentioned reaction by known methods to obtain the desired product .