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Pentaerythritol

98%

Synonym(s):

2,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol

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Linear Formula:
C(CH2OH)4
CAS Number:
115-77-5
Molecular Weight:
136.15
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1679274
EC Number:
204-104-9
MDL number:
MFCD00004692
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24898496
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

98%

form

powder

bp

276 °C/30 mmHg (lit.)

mp

253-258 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OCC(CO)(CO)CO

InChI

1S/C5H12O4/c6-1-5(2-7,3-8)4-9/h6-9H,1-4H2

InChI key

WXZMFSXDPGVJKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Pentaerythritol is a versatile starting material to synthesize various dendrimers and star-shaped polymers. It is widely used in the preparation of flame-retardant epoxy resins and polymer composites. It is also used in the synthesis of the vasodilator, pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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A novel intumescent flame-retardant polyethylene system.
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Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 291(3), 247-253 (2006)
Supramolecular self-organization of ?Janus-like? diblock codendrimers: synthesis, thermal behavior, and phase structure modeling.
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Chemistry?A European Journal , 12(32), 8396-8413 (2006)
Synthesis of star polymers by a combination of ATRP and the ?click? coupling method.
Gao, Haifeng and Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
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Flame retardancy and thermal degradation mechanism of epoxy resin composites based on a DOPO substituted organophosphorus oligomer.
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Polymer, 51(11), 2435-2445 (2010)
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