14396-72-6

Basic information

• Product Name: Acetic acid, hydroxy-, 2-hydroxyethyl ester
• CAS NO: 14396-72-6
• Molecular Formula: C4H8O4
• Molecular Weight: 120.105
• Mol File: 14396-72-6.mol
• Article Data: 3

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: Acetic acid, hydroxy-, 2-hydroxyethyl ester(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: Acetic acid, hydroxy-, 2-hydroxyethyl ester(14396-72-6)
• EPA Substance Registry System: Acetic acid, hydroxy-, 2-hydroxyethyl ester(14396-72-6)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 14396-72-6(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 107-21-1 ethylene glycol 
• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 79-14-1 glycolic Acid 

Relevant articles and documents

Reactive Distillation of a Carboxylic Acid and a Glycol

Disclosed is a process for producing glycolate ester oligomers. The process comprises reacting ethylene glycol and glycolic acid to produce a stream of glycolate ester oligomers and glycolic acid oligomers while simultaneously removing water. The stream of glycolate ester oligomers and glycolic acid oligomers has a low concentration of water and glycolic acid-ends, and thus is useful in a subsequent hydrogenation reaction to produce ethylene glycol.

Method for producing diol derivatives

A method of producing a diol derivative efficiently and to high purity is provided. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method of producing a diol derivative having, as a fundamental step, a step of obtaining an α-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester by reacting (i) one or more 1,2-diols or (ii) a 1,2-diol and a primary alcohol as starting material(s) with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising metal loaded on a carrier.