3799. Ethylene Glycol Diacetate
Nomenclature
CAS number: 111-55-7
1,2-Ethanediol 1,2-diacetate; glycol diacetate; ethylene diacetate. C6H10O4; mol wt 146.14.
C 49.31%, H 6.90%, O 43.79%.
Description and references
Prepn from ethylene bromide, glacial acetic acid and potassium acetate: Henry, Bull. Soc. Chim. [3] 17, 207 (1897); Gattermann-Wieland, Praxis des Organischen Chemikers (de Gruyter, Berlin, 40th ed., 1961) p 107; from synthesis gas via homogeneous ruthenium catalysis: J. F. Knifton, Chem. Commun. 1981, 188. Toxicity study: Smyth et al., J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 23, 259 (1941).
