Diethyl tartrate
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87-91-2  | |
| ChemSpider | 104927 |
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| PubChem | 62333 |
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| Properties | |
| C8H14O6 | |
| Molar mass | 206.19 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | colourless |
| Density | 1.204 g/mL |
| Boiling point | 280 °C (536 °F; 553 K) |
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| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Diethyl tartrate is an organic compound, the ethyl ester of tartaric acid. It exists in both as a chiral isomer, showing both left- and right-handed forms, as well as a meso stereoisomer, which is not chiral. The chiral isomer is far more common.
In the Sharpless epoxidation, diethyl tartrate and titanium isopropoxide form a chiral catalyst in situ.[1]
References
- ↑ J. Gordon Hill, K. Barry Sharpless, Christopher M. Exon, and Ronald Regenye (1985). "Enantioselective Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols: (2S,3S)-3-Propyloxiranemethanol". Org. Synth. 63: 66.; Coll. Vol. 7, p. 461
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