The major producers of chemicals have been the Europe, Japan and China. Due to the growing call for a cleaner, greener environment, people will have to find innovative ways to maintain their relevance. Here is a compound 4704-94-3, name is 2-(Hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol. This compound has unique chemical properties. The synthetic route is as follows. 4704-94-3
Step a. 3-Methoxy-2-methoxymethyl-propane-1-ol Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in oil) (2.93 g, 73.2 mmol) was added to an ice-cooled solution of 2-hydroxymethyl-propane-1,3-diol (M. R. Harnden et al. J. Med. Chem. 1990, 33, 187) (3.53 g, 33.3 mmol) in DMF (100 ml) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 40 min. The reaction mixture was cooled with ice and iodomethane (4.56 ml, 73.2 mmol) was added, the stirring was continued allowing the mixture to reach room temperature over 24 h. The mixture was poured into ethyl acetate (300 ml) and washed with brine (150 ml). The organic phase was dried (MgSO4), and the solvent was evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (silica, ethyl acetate) to afford colourless oil. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 3.72 (2H, d), 3.47 (2H, d), 3.45 (2H, d), 3.32 (6H, s), 2.07(1H, m).
Statistics shows that 4704-94-3 is playing an increasingly important role. we look forward to future research findings about 2-(Hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol.
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Patent; James Black Foundation Limited; US6479531; (2002); B1;,
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