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Publication date: 1 May 1990
Stanislaw Trybula and Kazimierz Terelak
Pentaerythritol is a synthetic polyalcohol with the formula C 2OH)4, obtained in the reaction of one acetaldehyde molecule with four molecules of formaldehyde. This reaction takes…
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Pentaerythritol is a synthetic polyalcohol with the formula C 2OH)4, obtained in the reaction of one acetaldehyde molecule with four molecules of formaldehyde. This reaction takes place in a dilute aqueous solution in the presence of alkaline catalysts. Besides the pentaerythritol a salt of formic acid, most often sodium formate, is the by‐product obtained.
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