Glycerine acetate

Glycerine acetate is the ester produced from the esterification of glycerol (1) with acetic acid. Multiple products can be produced from this reaction; these include the monoacetylglycerols (MAG, 2 and 3), diacetylglycerols (DAG, 4 and 5), and triacetalglycerol (TAG, 6) (also known as triacetin).

DAG and TAG can be used as fuel additive improving the cold and viscosity properties of biodiesel or the antiknocking properties of gasoline.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ J. A. Melero, R. vanGrieken, G. Morales and M. Paniagua (2007). "Acidic Mesoporous Silica for the Acetylation of Glycerol: Synthesis of Bioadditives to Petrol Fuel". Energy Fuels 21 (3): 1782–1791. doi:10.1021/ef060647q.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.