Vadim Samoilov, Vladimir Lavrentev, Madina Sultanova, Dzhamalutdin Ramazanov, Andrey Kozhevnikov, Georgiy Shandryuk, Mariia Kniazeva, Anton Maximov
The study is dedicated to the consideration of lower alkyl ethers of glycerol as potential components of low-melting technical fluids (e.g., heat transfer fluids, hydraulic fluids, aircraft de-icing fluids, etc.). Four isomeric mixtures of glycerol ethers (GMME-monomethyl; GDME-dimethyl; GMEE-monoethyl; GDEE-diethyl) were synthesized from epichlorohydrin and methanol/ethanol in the presence of sodium and subjected to detailed characterization as pure compounds and as aqueous solutions (30-90 vol%). The temperature and concentration dependencies of density, viscosity, cloud point, boiling range, specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and rubber swelling were obtained...
November 8, 2023: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry