Ethylene oxide is an organic compound with the formula C2H4O. It is a cyclic ether and the simplest epoxide: a three-membered ring consisting of one oxygen...
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space. Ethylene glycol is produced from ethylene (ethene), via the intermediate ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide reacts with water to produce ethylene glycol...
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approximately 90% of ethylene is used to produce ethylene oxide, ethylene dichloride, ethylbenzene and polyethylene. Most of the reactions with ethylene are electrophilic...
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Polyethylene glycol (redirect from Poly(ethylene oxide))
interaction of ethylene oxide with water, ethylene glycol, or ethylene glycol oligomers. The reaction is catalyzed by acidic or basic catalysts. Ethylene glycol...
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Murai Y (February 1993). "Polyneuropathy due to ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide". Environmental Research. 60 (2): 242–247. Bibcode:1993ER...
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Epoxide (section Ethylene oxidation)
to as oxides. Thus, the epoxide of ethylene (C2H4) is ethylene oxide (C2H4O). Many compounds have trivial names; for instance, ethylene oxide is called...
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Sterilization (microbiology) (section Ethylene oxide)
materials (e.g., plastics) that require low-temperature sterilization. Ethylene oxide gas has been used since the 1950s for heat- and moisture-sensitive medical...
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In organic chemistry, ethoxylation is a chemical reaction in which ethylene oxide (C2H4O) adds to a substrate. It is the most widely practiced alkoxylation...
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via ethylene hydration (chemical reaction adding water) of ethylene ethylene oxide – via ethylene oxidation ethylene glycol – via ethylene oxide hydration...
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3) Preparation of NGc from Ethylene Oxide. 4) Preparation of NGc by method of Messing from ethylene through chlorohydrin & ethylene oxide. 5) Preparation of NGc...
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On 14 January 2020, two explosions at the Chemical Industries of Ethylene Oxide (IQOXE) site in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, killed three offsite people...
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34-37 °C) it is a colorless odorless liquid. Ethylene carbonate is produced by the reaction between ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide. The reaction is catalyzed...
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Barium oxide also has use as an ethoxylation catalyst in the reaction of ethylene oxide and alcohols, which takes place between 150 and 200 °C. It is also a...
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Acetic acid (section Ethylene oxidation)
produced from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with alcohol, which are then esterified with acetic acid. The three major products are ethylene glycol monoethyl...
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arm. In 1995, Inspec bought BP's ethylene oxide and glycol businesses for £78 million, to become Inspec Ethylene Oxide Specialities. In 1998, Ratcliffe...
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Gaseous signaling molecules (section Ethylene)
oxygen, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, methane, hydrogen, ethylene, etc. Select gaseous signaling molecules behave...
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Dimethoxyethane (redirect from Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether)
Monoglyme is produced industrially by the reaction of dimethylether with ethylene oxide: CH3OCH3 + CH2CH2O → CH3OCH2CH2OCH3 Together with a high-permittivity...
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nonionic surfactant that has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain (on average it has 9.5 ethylene oxide units) and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic...
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prepared by oxidation of alkenes. The most important epoxide in terms of industrial scale is ethylene oxide, which is produced by oxidation of ethylene with...
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OMEGA process (section Ethylene oxide hydrolysis)
used to produce ethylene glycol from ethylene. This process comprises two steps, the controlled oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide, and the net hydrolysis...
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Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula NO. It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen. Nitric oxide is...
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Glycol distearate (redirect from Ethylene glycol distearate)
stearic acid (or its esters) with ethylene glycol. It can also be produced by a reaction of stearic acid with ethylene oxide. When forced to crystalize as...
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Glycidol (redirect from Hydroxymethyl ethylene oxide)
Frederik R.; Frey, Holger (2016). "Polymerization of Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide, and Other Alkylene Oxides: Synthesis, Novel Polymer Architectures, and Bioconjugation"...
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Eosinophilic esophagitis, an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus Ethylene oxide, a chemical compound Extremal optimization, a type of optimization heuristic...
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Iron(II) oxide or ferrous oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula FeO. Its mineral form is known as wüstite. One of several iron oxides, it is...
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Oxygen (redirect from Diatomic oxide)
by the chemical industry. Ethylene is reacted with O 2 to create ethylene oxide, which, in turn, is converted into ethylene glycol; the primary feeder...
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reacting an alcohol with one or more alkylene oxides: Propylene oxide provides water insolubility, Ethylene oxide provides water solubility. PAGs offer properties...
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Diethylene glycol (redirect from Di-ethylene glycol)
hydrolysis of ethylene oxide. Depending on the conditions, varying amounts of DEG and related glycols are produced. The resulting product is two ethylene glycol...
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the direct oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide, and transformation of ethylene oxide to ethylene glycol in the early 1950s. Ethylene oxide, a gas, was...
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carcinogen' called Ethylene Oxide to sterilize medical equipment. According to the EPA fact sheet, 'Long-term exposure to ethylene oxide can irritate the...
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