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morpholene with epichlorohydrine

urmudesai - 2-4-2010 at 04:23

when i mix morpholene with epichlorohydrine i get brown colour paste what is that..?

Nicodem - 2-4-2010 at 10:43

And just what is morpholene supposed to be?

unionised - 2-4-2010 at 10:55

I'm guessing at a different transliteration of morpholine (and epichlorohydrin) from someone whose first language isn't English, but I may be entirely wrong.

Nicodem - 2-4-2010 at 12:01

If that is the case we do not have enough information for proper answer. Epichlorohydrin N-alkylates morpholine, but depending on reaction conditions and reaction stoichiometry, the first product 4-(oxiran-2-ylmethyl)morpholine, can alkylate another molecule of morpholine to give 1,3-di(morpholin-4-yl)propan-2-ol (or their hydrochlorides, hence the "brown colour paste").