1,6-hexanediol
Sign in to saveAlso known as hexane-1,6-diol, 1,6-dihydroxyhexane, hexamethylene glycol, 1,6-hexylene glycol, hexamethylenediol, HDO, alpha,omega-Hexanediol, 6-hydroxy-1-hexanol
1,6-Hexanediol is an organic compound with the formula (CH2CH2CH2OH)2. It is a colorless water-soluble solid.
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1,6-Hexanediol is an organic compound with the formula (CH2CH2CH2OH)2. It is a colorless water-soluble solid.
== History and synthesis == W. H. Perkin Jr. and his graduate student Edward Haworth first prepared the compound in 1894 during their research on cyclohexane. They boiled 1,6-dibromohexane (which they were also the first to synthesize) with dilute potassium carbonate solution and named the product hexamethylene glycol.
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