Process for making glycol ethers and glycol esters
Abstract
Abstract GLYCOL ETHERS OR GLYCOL ESTERS HAVING THE FORMULA ROCMH2MZCNH2NOH ARE PREPARED BY REACTING A COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA ROH, A CYCLIC COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA CMH2MZ AND HAVING AT LEAST THREE AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE CARBON ATOMS IN THE RING AND A VICINAL ALKYLENE OXIDE HAVING THE FORMULA CNH2NO WHERE THE MOLAR RATIO OF CMH2MZ TO VICINAL OXIDE IS BETWEEN ONE TO TEN AND TEN TO ONE, THE MOLAR RATIO OF VICINAL OXIDE PLUS CMH2MZ TO ROH IS AT LEAST ONE TO ONE, R IS ACYL HAVING AT LEAST TWO AND NOT MORE THAN EIGHTEEN CARBON ATOMS OR ARYL HAVING UP TO TWO AROMATIC RINGS, Z IS OXYGEN OR SULFUR, M IS AN INTEGER OF FROM THREE TO FIFTEEN INCLUSIVE AND N IS AN INTEGER OF FROM TWO TO FOUR INCLUSIVE. THEY ARE USEFUL AS SOLVENTS, LUBRICANTS, HYDRAULIC FLUIDS AND CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES.
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- 👤 Lee H Horsley
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