Allyl alcohol is widely used as a precursor to many specialized compounds such as allyl glycidyl ether, allyl diglycidyl carbonate, allyl methacrylate, flame-resistant materials, drying oils and plasticizers. It is used as a raw material for the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers, esters and amines. It is involved in the synthesis of a variety of polymerizable esters such as diallyl phthalate.
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Applications
Allyl alcohol is widely used as a precursor to many specialized compounds such as allyl glycidyl ether, allyl diglycidyl carbonate, allyl methacrylate, flame-resistant materials, drying oils and plasticizers. It is used as a raw material for the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers, esters and amines. It is involved in the synthesis of a variety of polymerizable esters such as diallyl phthalate.
Solubility
Miscible with water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, acids, oleum and alkali metals. Polymerizes during prolonged storage.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Carboxylic acids can be protected as allyl esters, by reaction of allyl alcohol with an activated carboxyl group. They are readily cleaved in the presence of Pd catalysts: J. Org. Chem., 47, 587 (1982); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 23, 71 (1984); J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1216 (1990).
- Harvey, L.; Sánchez, G.; Kennedy, E. M.; Stockenhuber, M. Enhancing allyl alcohol selectivity in the catalytic conversion of glycerol; influence of product distribution on the subsequent epoxidation step. Asia-Pac. J. Chem. 2015, 10 (4), 598-606.
- Fukuda, K.; Tojino, M.; Goto, K.; Dohi, H.; Nishida, Y.; Mizuno, M. A recyclable heavy fluorous tag carrying an allyl alcohol pendant group: design and evaluation toward applications in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. Carbohydr. Res. 2015, 407, 122-130.