Synthesis 1987; 1987(3): 280-281
DOI: 10.1055/s-1987-27917
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A Facile Synthesis of Hexa- and Octaethylene Glycols

Yohji Nakatsuji* , Nobuko Kameda, Mitsuo Okahara
  • *Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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Publication Date:
12 September 2002 (online)

One-pot syntheses of hexa- and octaethylene glycol are achieved by the reaction of tri- or tetraethylene glycol with tosyl chloride in the presence of an appropriate base followed by a Williamson-type condensation reaction.

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