Acetic Anhydride → Propylene Glycol Diacetate
Reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][C:5](=O)[CH3:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2]>C(O)(=O)C>[C:1]([O:4][CH2:5][CH:5]([O:4][C:1](=[O:3])[CH3:2])[CH3:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2]Participants
3
Reactant 1
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
0.5 g of rhenium-V-chloride, 1 g copper-II-chloride and 1 g iron-III-chloride are dissolved in 500 ml of glacial acetic acid and 50 ml of acetic acid anhydride and then treated as in the earlier Examples. On working up, 20.2 g of propylene glycol diacetate are obtained.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-5860a10a31cc4f18b3f6b34eadce0298
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1978_01
- Patent number
- US04069381
Reaction notes
Loading…