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hydroxymethyl dioxolanone
Sign in to saveAlso known as glycerol-1,2-carbonate, hydroxypropylencarbonate, 4-hydroxymethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one
Glycerol-1,2-carbonate is formally the cyclic ester of carbonic acid with glycerol and has aroused great interest as a possible product from the "waste materials" carbon dioxide CO2 and glycerol (especially from biodiesel production) with a wide range of applications.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H6O4
- Molecular weight
- 118.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one
- SMILES
- C1C(OC(=O)O1)CO
- InChIKey
- JFMGYULNQJPJCY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.5
- Polar surface area
- 55.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 118.027
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₆O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C1C(OC(=O)O1)CO
- Commons category
- Glycerol-1,2-carbonate
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Manufacture
- Characteristics
- Applications
- See also
- References
Glycerol-1,2-carbonate is formally the cyclic ester of carbonic acid with glycerol and has aroused great interest as a possible product from the "waste materials" carbon dioxide CO2 and glycerol (especially from biodiesel production) with a wide range of applications.
The currently unsatisfactory yields and complex process conditions in direct synthesis stand in the way of a further spread of glycerol carbonate as a solvent and molecular building block from renewable raw materials.
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