1,2,7,8-Diepoxyoctane is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
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Applications
1,2,7,8-Diepoxyoctane is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
Solubility
Soluble in water (partly miscible), acetone and heptane.
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Hao Chen; Zhifeng Jia; Deyue Yan; Xinyuan Zhu. Thermo-responsive highly branched polyethers by proton-transfer polymerization of 1,2,7,8-diepoxyoctane and multiols. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2007, 208,(15), 1637-1645.
- R.D.Schwartz; C.J.McCoy. Enzymatic epoxidation: synthesis of 7,8-epoxy-1-octene, 1,2-7,8-diepoxyoctane, and 1,2-Epoxyoctane by Pseudomonas oleovorans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1976, 31,(1), 78-82.