Glycerol → Triethylene Glycol

HRID 2294778Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]([OH:7])[CH2:2][O:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][OH:6].[OH:8][CH2:9][CH:10](CO)O>>[CH2:1]([OH:7])[CH2:2][O:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][O:6][CH2:10][CH2:9][OH:8]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 753Glycerol

HCID 8117Diethylene Glycol

Product 1

HCID 8172Triethylene Glycol

Procedure

The preparation is repeated using a 1:1:1 mole ratio of diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and glycerin to obtain the desired approximately 1:1:1 mole ratio mixture of sodium 2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanesulfonate, sodium 2-{2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy}ethanesulfonate, and sodium 2-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)ethanesulfonate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c61ab5c3eaba4a3c9c04c7ca713e79ad
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1997_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05691298

Reaction notes

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