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Ethylene oxide is one of the most important raw materials used in large-scale chemical production. Most ethylene oxide is used for synthesis of ethylene glycols, including diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, that accounts for up to 75% of global consumption. Other important products include ethylene glycol ethers, ethanolamines, and ...
Catalytic and kinetic aspects on the oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide are reviewed in this article. Microreactors are shown to be important tools in revealing the kinetics of ethylene oxide formation.
Herein, we pioneer a sustainable pathway to ethylene oxide via the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol to 2-chloroethanol and its subsequent alkaline cyclization in a single electrochemical cell, using chloride ions as catalysts.
Ethylene oxide is a crucial industrial feedstock, used in the synthesis of ethylene glycol, epoxy resins and numerous other bulk chemicals. However, currently about 1.9 tons of CO 2 is produced...
Ethylene oxide is a crucial precursor for chemical and plastic synthesis. Its production is carbon intensive, however, releasing 1.9 tons of CO 2 per ton of product. Reducing this footprint is possible if ethylene oxide is produced using both a renewable substrate and renewable energy. Here we
Ethylene oxide is a strained, reactive molecule produced on a vast scale as a plastics precursor. The current method of synthesis involves the direct reaction of ethylene and oxygen at high temperature, but the original protocol relied on the reduction of chlorine to produce a chlorohydrin intermediate.
The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important epoxide monomers ethylene oxide (EO), propylene oxide (PO), and butylene oxide (BO).