Glycerol → Sorbitol

Reaction equation

[OH2:1].[OH:2][CH2:3][CH:4]([CH2:6][OH:7])[OH:5]>>[OH:2][CH2:3][C@@H:4]([C@H:6]([C@@H:6]([C@@H:4]([CH2:3][OH:2])[OH:5])[OH:1])[OH:7])[OH:5]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 753Glycerol

HCID 962Water2×

Product 1

HCID 5780Sorbitol

Procedure

A gel vehicle containing about 25-28% water (apart from water provided as humectant solvent), about 10-12% of 99.5% glycerine solution and about 30-35% of 70% sorbitol solution can readily provide a refractive index of about 1.43 to 1.46 and permit formation of a clear gel dentifrice in which the refractive index of the polishing agent is about 1.41 to 1.47 and within 0.02 of the refractive index of the liquid vehicle.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-178874a666824f65bd0ae92352c272a1
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1998_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05723105

Reaction notes

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