Bis(alpha-methoxy-p-tolyl) ether → Ethenol;ethenoxymethoxyethene;ethenyl acetate

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To 100 grams of 2-methoxyethanol, available from Union Carbide Corporation as "methyl cellosolve", were added the following components: 1.35 grams of a polyvinyl-formal resin commercially available from Monsanto Corporation as "Formvar 12/85", 0.20 g of a polymeric condensation product of 4-(phenylamino)-2-methoxybenzene diazonium salt and bis-(4-methoxymethylphenyl) ether, isolated in the form of a mesitylene sulfonate, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,849,393, assigned to Kalle AG, 0.01 g of 4-phenylazodiphenylamine and 0.02 g of H3PO4. After stirring at room temperature the solution was filtered through coarse filter paper.

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