9714. Trimethylene Glycol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 504-63-2
1,3-Propanediol; 1,3-dihydroxypropane; 1,3-propylenediol; 1,3-propylene glycol.
C3H8O2; mol wt 76.09.
C 47.35%, H 10.60%, O 42.05%.

Description and references

Prepd by reduction of ethyl glycidate with lithium aluminum hydride: Walborsky, Colombini, J. Org. Chem. 27, 2387 (1962).

Chemical structure

Properties

Colorless to pale yellow, very viscid, sweet liquid. d420 1.0597; bp 210-212°; nD20 1.4398. Miscible with water, alc.