Formaldehyde aldol products Subject

U.S. production of w-butanol has increased to 600 kt per annum, largely for conversion to unsaturated esters and saturated ester and ether solvents, while 2-ethylhexanol (about 300 kt per annum in the U.S., but much higher in Europe with exports at 250 kt per annum) is used mainly for the phthalate ester as a plasticizer for PVC. The n- and iso-butyraldehydes are also subjected to aldol condensation/crossed Cannizzaro reactions with formaldehyde, to give the polyols trimethylol-propane (2, 2-bishydroxymethyl-l-butanol) and neopentyl glycol (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol). 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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