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(DGBE) Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether base catylized de-esterfication

visions_of_eden - 27-11-2008 at 00:02

Hi!

I've made some searches about this subject but not found anyting useful .

DGBE from what i've read is not hydrolysed in acqueous environment but noboby talks about hydrolysis of DGBE in basic environment (KOH or NaOH as catalysts).

I would like to know if DGBE could be hydrolised in basic environment and what are the products that will be produced.

Maybe DGBE will be broken to butanol and glycerin ?

Thanks.

not_important - 27-11-2008 at 00:41

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Originally posted by visions_of_eden

DGBE from what i've read is not hydrolysed in acqueous environment but noboby talks about hydrolysis of DGBE in basic environment (KOH or NaOH as catalysts).

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Maybe DGBE will be broken to butanol and glycerin ?


No one talks about it because ethers are in general stable to bases.

And could you explain how you would get glycerin from DGBE?

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