Studies on Reactions Relating to Carbohydrates and Polysaccharides. LVI. The Synthesis of the Higher Polyoxyethylene Glycols

R Fordyce, EL Lovell, H Hibbert

Index: Fordyce; Lovell; Hibbert Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1939 , vol. 61, p. 1905,1908

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Abstract

This inethod, with certain modifications, was used in the present work to synthesize the 6-, 1s-and 42-membered polyoxyethylene glycols. From the nature of the reaction it is essential that the mono rather than the diinctallic salt of the glycol be used since, if the latter were present in appreciablc quantities, a chain condensation reaction could take place yielding polyoxyethylene glycols of indefinite length. For this reason, the sodium salt of diethylene ...