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HRID 263282Generated: October 24, 2026

Tetraethylene Glycol → Heptaethylene glycol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTetraethylene GlycolHCID 8200—
ReactantSodiumHCID 5360545—
Reactant2-(2-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl benzenesulfonateHCID 21316325—
ReactantSodium benzeneHCID 66691470—
ProductHeptaethylene glycolHCID 79718—

Reaction Steps

Dissolve one equivalet of sodium in at least 5 equivalents of tetraethylene glycol and then add one equivalent of triethylene glycol monobenzenesulfonate. Heat the resulting solution at 100° to 150° C. until the elimination of sodium benzene sulfontate is substantially complete. Remove the insoluble sulfonate salt by filtration and fractionally distill the resultiing product in vacuo to obtain heptaethylene glycol as the higher boiling fraction.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04156683
Source datasetuspto-grants-1979_05
ORD IDord-89a88e341248424db66adbb8ba5c6985
Source noteuspto-grants-1979_05