Ethylene alcohol is an organic compound with the chemical formula C2H4O. Ethylene alcohol and acetaldehyde undergo tautomerism and have a large equilibrium constant. Generally, the content of ethylene alcohol is very low. Due to the instability of vinyl alcohol, its polymer form, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), is not prepared by monomer polymerization of vinyl alcohol, but by polymerization of vinyl acetate and hydrolysis of ester groups.
Ethylene alcohol:
Ethylene alcohol is an organic compound with the chemical formula C2H4O. Generally, ethylene alcohol will automatically become a mixture of ethylene and acetaldehyde, and in a stable mixture of ethylene alcohol and acetaldehyde, the content of ethylene alcohol is very small.
Chinese name: Ethylene Alcohol
Foreign name: Vinyl alcohol
Alias: Ethenol
chemical formula: C2H4O
Molecular weight: 44.05
CAS login number: 557-75-5
EINECS login number: 209-183-3
Melting point: 9 ℃
Boiling point: 10.5 ℃
Density: 0.813g/cm ³
Flash point: 175 ℉
Property: Ethylene alcohol and acetaldehyde exhibit tautomerism and have a large equilibrium constant. Generally, the content of ethylene alcohol is very low. Due to the instability of vinyl alcohol, its polymer form, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), is not prepared by monomer polymerization of vinyl alcohol, but by polymerization of vinyl acetate and hydrolysis of ester groups.
