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InChI:InChI=1/C24H48O6/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-24(28)30-21-23(27)20-29-19-22(26)18-25/h22-23,25-27H,2-21H2,1H3

Upstream product

• 106-70-7 methyl hexanoate 
• 627-82-7 diglycerol 
• 112-61-8 Methyl stearate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

1,2,3-Trimethoxypropane and glycerol ethers as bio-sourced solvents from glycerol: Synthesis by solvent-free phase-transfer catalysis and utilization as an alternative solvent in chemical transformations

1,2,3-Trimethoxypropane (2), 1-alkoxy-2,3-dimethoxy-propanes, and 1-aryloxy-2,3-dimethoxypropanes were prepared in good yields and selectivity by solid-liquid phase-transfer catalysis in the presence of an inorganic base and an ammonium salt as the phase-transfer catalyst with no additional solvent. No heating was required, and the synthesis was easily performed under atmospheric pressure on a 150g scale. For the preparation of 2, the conversion of glycerol was complete and the selectivity for the expected glycerol trimethylether was above 95%. This product was utilized as a solvent in organic reactions such as transesterifications between glycerol and vegetable oil, organometallic reactions (Grignard- and Barbier-type reactions), carbon-carbon coupling reactions (Suzuki, Sonogashira, Heck), and in etherification reactions by dehydrogenative alkylation. The solvent showed interesting properties for the solubilization of polymers.

1-O-Alkyl (di)glycerol ethers synthesis from methyl esters and triglycerides by two pathways: Catalytic reductive alkylation and transesterification/reduction

From available and bio-sourced methyl esters, monoglycerides or oleic sunflower refined oil, the corresponding 1-O-alkyl (di)glycerol ethers were obtained in both high yields and selectivity by two different pathways. With methyl esters, a reductive alkylation with (di)glycerol was realized under 50 bar hydrogen pressure in the presence of 1 mol% of Pd/C and an acid co-catalyst. A second two step procedure was evaluated from methyl esters or triolein and consisted of a first transesterification to the corresponding monoglyceride with a BaO/Al2O3 catalyst, then its reduction to the desired glycerol monoether with a recyclable heterogeneous catalytic system Pd/C and Amberlyst 35 under H2 pressure. In addition, a mechanism for the reaction was also proposed.