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HRID 1597410Generated: October 25, 2026

2,3-Butanediol → 2,2,4,4-Tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant2,3-ButanediolHCID 262—
ReactantPropylene GlycolHCID 1030—
ReactantPinacolHCID 6425—
ReactantBicyclo(2.2.1)heptane-2-methanolHCID 21308—
ReactantMethylpropanediolHCID 75103—
ReactantBicyclo(2.2.1)heptane-2,2-dimethanolHCID 85846—
Reactant3,3-Dimethylbutane-1,2-diolHCID 101077—
Reactant4,4-Di(hydroxymethyl)bicyclo(2.2.1)hepteneHCID 110917—
Reactanttrans-1,2-CyclopentanediolHCID 225711—
Reactant(1R,2S)-cyclopentane-1,2-diolHCID 2733293—
Product2,2,4,4-Tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diolHCID 76382—

Reaction Steps

Particularly preferred compounds of this invention are 5-norbornene-2,2-dimethanol; norbornane-2,2-dimethanol; 2-norbornanemethanol; 1,2-cis-cyclopentanediol; 2,3-cis-exo-norbornanediol, 2-(propyl-1,2-diol)-norbornane and 3,3-dimethyl-1,2-butanediol. Other preferred compounds are 1,2-trans-cyclopentanediol; 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol; 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol; 2,3-butanediol; and propylene glycol.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06294585B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2001_09
ORD IDord-5638e826abda42039c0d6c7e9ebd44b9
Source noteuspto-grants-2001_09