Pentaethylene glycol, 98+%

Used as an intermediate in the synthesis of cyclic and noncyclic polyethers, complexing agents and immobilized phase-transfer catalysts. It acts as a catalyst for potassium hydroxide induced elimination reactions in benzene. Further, it is used in functional fluids and viscosity adjustors. | CAS: 4792-15-8 | C10H22O6 | 238.28 g/mol

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ALFA10133.09	10 g

Catalog number ALFA10133.09

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Specifications

Chemical Name or MaterialPentaethylene glycol

CAS4792-15-8

Health Hazard 1H315-H319-H335

Health Hazard 3P261-P264b-P271-P280-P302+P352-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P312-P332+P313-P362-P501c

Recommended StorageAmbient temperatures

Pentaethylene glycol is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of cyclic and noncyclic polyethers, complexing agents and immobilized phase-transfer catalysts. It acts as a catalyst for potassium hydroxide induced elimination reactions in benzene. Further, it is used in functional fluids and viscosity adjustors.

This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

Applications
Pentaethylene glycol is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of cyclic and noncyclic polyethers, complexing agents and immobilized phase-transfer catalysts. It acts as a catalyst for potassium hydroxide induced elimination reactions in benzene. Further, it is used in functional fluids and viscosity adjustors.

Solubility
Miscible with water.

Notes
Hygroscopic. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, acid chlorides and acid anhydrides.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

Complexing solvent analogous to the crown-ethers (see Appendix 2). For a study of binding profiles as a function of chain length, see: J. Org. Chem., 48, 2837 (1983). Is 100x more effective as a catalyst for KOH-induced elimination reactions in benzene than Benzyl triethyl ammonium chloride, A13268 : J. Org. Chem., 48, 195 (1983).
Kusch, P.; Rieser, C.; Knupp, G.; Mang, T. Characterization of copolymers of methacrylic acid with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate macromonomers by analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 2015, 113, 412-418.
Zhang, X.; Poniewierski, A.; Hou, S.; Sozański, K.; Wisniewska, A.; Wieczorek, S. A.; Kalwarczyk, T.; Sun, L.; Hołyst, R. Tracking structural transitions of bovine serum albumin in surfactant solutions by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime analysis. Soft Matter 2014, 11 (12), 2512-2518.