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    Propylene oxide is an acutely toxic and carcinogenic organic compound with the molecular formula C3H6O. This colourless volatile liquid with an odour...
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  • acrylonitrile, propylene oxide, and epichlorohydrin. The industrial production of acrylic acid involves the catalytic partial oxidation of propene. Propylene is an...
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    Polypropylene glycol or polypropylene oxide is the polymer (or macromolecule) of propylene glycol. Chemically it is a polyether, and, more generally speaking...
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    application, propylene glycol reacts with propylene oxide to give oligomers and polymers that are used to produce polyurethanes. Propylene glycol is used...
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    ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, which are produced respectively on the scales of approximately 15 and 3 million tonnes/year. Aside from ethylene oxide, most...
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  • Oxetane (redirect from 1,3-propylene oxide)
    Oxetane, or 1,3-propylene oxide, is a heterocyclic organic compound with the molecular formula C 3H 6O, having a four-membered ring with three carbon...
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    phosgene, propylene and ethylene carbonates are exceptions. They are mainly prepared by the carbonation of the epoxides (epoxypropane, or propylene oxide here):...
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    educational reasons and because it is still used in the production of propylene oxide. The process consists of three major steps: synthesis of ethylene chlorohydrin...
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    or organic oxidations or organic redox reactions are redox reactions that take place with organic compounds. In organic chemistry oxidations and reductions...
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    are generated on a large scale as intermediates in the production of propylene oxide. The reaction of aqueous solution of chlorine with propene gives a...
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    Polypropylene carbonate (PPC), a copolymer of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide, is a thermoplastic material. Catalysts like zinc glutarate are used...
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    when reduced. Used for the epoxidation of propene, this coproduces propylene oxide, and is an important step in the PO/SM process for the production of...
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  • which case ethylene oxide is the alkoxylating agent: ROH + C2H4O → ROCH2CH2OH Another industrially significant epoxide is propylene oxide (PO, OCH2CHCH3)...
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  • and amine groups. They are produced by reacting either ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with polyols and then aminating them. There are a number of commercially...
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    polypropylene – polymerized propylene propylene oxide polyether polyol – used in the production of polyurethanes propylene glycol – used in engine coolant...
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  • Halcon process refers to technology for the production of propylene oxide by oxidation of propylene with tert-butyl hydroperoxide. The reaction requires metal...
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    largest propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant in Channelview, Texas. The plant is estimated to produce 1 billion pounds of propylene oxide and...
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  • a large smoke plume. Thirty teams of firefighters ensured that the propylene oxide left in the tank burned in a controlled manner. Following the explosion...
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    can be prepared by the reaction of isopropanolamine or ammonia with propylene oxide. Record in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational...
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    polyglycols oils. When ethylene and propylene react with oxygen we obtain ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO), from which the polyalkylene glycols...
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    be converted to polyether polyols by co-polymerizing ethylene oxide and propylene oxide with a suitable polyol precursor. Polyester polyols are made by...
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    of propylene oxide, HFPO is produced by DuPont and 3M and as a precursor to the lubricant Krytox and related materials. It is generated by oxidation of...
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  • epichlorohydrin and propylene oxide[citation needed]. At one time, 2-chloroethanol was produced on a large scale as a precursor to ethylene oxide, but the latter...
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    wood stains. First, glycol monoethers are produced from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with alcohol, which are then esterified with acetic acid. The three...
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  • chain of polyoxypropylene (poly(propylene oxide)) flanked by two hydrophilic chains of polyoxyethylene (poly(ethylene oxide)). The word poloxamer was coined...
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    2010. Industrially, ethylene and propylene oxides readily react with carbon dioxide to give ethylene and propylene carbonates (with an appropriate catalyst)...
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  • (isopropanolamines), prepared by addition of amines to one or two equivalents of propylene oxide. The propanolamines include many derivatives where the amine is secondary...
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  • markets propylene glycol and polyols Manali Petrochemical annually produces 27000 metric tonnes of propylene oxide, 14,000 metric tonnes of propylene glycol...
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    with one or more functional end-groups such as a hydroxyl group. The term "oxide" or other terms are used for high molar mass polymer when end-groups no...
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  • first producer of many petrochemical products and the only producer of propylene oxide in the Middle East. In December 2020, the boards of directors appointed...
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