9715. Trimethylene Oxide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 503-30-0
Oxetane; 1,3-epoxypropane.
C3H6O; mol wt 58.08.
C 62.04%, H 10.41%, O 27.55%.

Description and references

Prepd by dropwise addition of 3-chloropropyl acetate to hot potassium hydroxide soln: Noller, Org. Synth. 29, 92 (1949); modified procedure: Searles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73, 124 (1951).

Chemical structure

Properties

Oil, agreeable aromatic odor. d00 0.8975; d425 0.8930. bp750 48°; bp736 45-46°. nD25 1.3895; nD23 1.3905. Reacts with Grignard reagents and organolithium compds to give, after hydrolysis, 3-substituted propanols.