Ethylene carbonate → Ethylene carbonate
Reaction equation
[C:1]1(=[O:6])[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][O:2]1>C(O)CO>[C:1]1(=[O:6])[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][O:2]1.[C:1](=[O:5])=[O:2]Participants
4
Reactant 1
Product 2
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Conditions
- Temperature
- 135 °C
Procedure
A 10:1 mole ratio of ethylene carbonate:monoethylene glycol is heated with stirring under a nitrogen atmosphere for 24 hours at 135° C. using 1.0 percent Na2SnO3.3H2O as catalyst to give a 100 percent ethylene carbonate conversion to a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyol with 25.8 percent carbon dioxide.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-3d6694b4125645898566ca7e0ef4e948
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1987_11
- Patent number
- US04709069
Reaction notes
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