pentaerythritol

Term ID

CHEBI:134760

Synonyms

• 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethanol
• 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol
• 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol
• Auxinutril
• Auxitrans
• Hercules P6
• Maxinutril
• Metab-Auxil
• methane tetramethylol
• mono pentaerythritol
• monopentaerythritol
• Monopentek
• Penetek
• pentaerythrite
• Pentek
• PETP
• tetra(hydroxymethyl)methane
• tetrahydroxymethylmethane
• tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)methane
• tetramethylolmethane
• THME

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Definition

A tetrol that is neopentane in which one of the methyl hydrogens of all four methyl groups are replaced by hydroxy groups. It is a chemical intermediate used in the production of explosives, plastics, paints, appliances, and cosmetics.

References

• CAS:115-77-5
• DrugBank:DB13526
• Drug_Central:2085
• HMDB:HMDB0062269
• KEGG:D08331
• PDBeChem:3SY
• PMID:25409504
• PMID:30640445
• PMID:31800119
• PMID:31965922
• PMID:32899178
• PMID:403052
• Reaxys:1679274
• Wikipedia:Pentaerythritol

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Ontology

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Resources

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