Vicinal In chemistry vicinal stands for any two functional groups bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms. For example the molecule 2,3-dibromobutane carries two vicinal bromine atoms and 1,3-dibromobutane does not diols have hydroxyl groups attached to adjacent atoms. Examples of vicinal diol compounds are ethylene glycol Ethylene glycol is an organic compound widely used as an automotive antifreeze and a precursor to polymers. In its pure form, it is an odorless, colorless, syrupy, sweet tasting liquid and propylene glycol Propylene glycol, known also by the systematic name propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound , usually a faintly sweet, and colorless clear viscous liquid that is hygroscopic and miscible with water, acetone, and chloroform. Geminal In chemistry, the term geminal refers to the relationship between two functional groups that are attached to the same atom. The prefix gem is applied to a chemical name to denote this relationship, as in a gem-dibromide diols have hydroxyl groups bonded to the same atom.

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In general, organic geminal diols readily dehydrate In chemistry, a dehydration reaction is usually defined as a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule. Dehydration reactions are a subset of elimination reactions. Because the hydroxyl group is a poor leaving group, having an Brønsted acid catalyst often helps by protonating the hydroxyl group to give the to form a carbonyl group. For example, carbonic acid Carbonic acid has the formula H2CO3. It is also a name sometimes given to solutions of carbon dioxide in water, which contain small amounts of H2CO3. The salts of carbonic acids are called bicarbonates (or hydrogen carbonates) and carbonates. It is a weak acid. Carbonic acid should never be confused with carbolic acid, an antiquated name for ((HO)2C=O) is unstable and has a tendency to convert to carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state (CO2) and water (H2O). Nevertheless, in rare situations the chemical equilibrium In a chemical process, chemical equilibrium is the state in which the chemical activities or concentrations of the reactants and products have no net change over time. Usually, this would be the state that results when the forward chemical process proceeds at the same rate as their reverse reaction. The reaction rates of the forward and reverse is in favor of the geminal diol. For example, when formaldehyde Formaldehyde is a chemical compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde. Formaldehyde also exists as the cyclic trimer trioxane and the polymer paraformaldehyde. It exists in water as the hydrate H2C(OH)2. Aqueous solutions of formaldehyde are referred to as formalin. "100%" formalin consists of a saturated solution of (H2C=O) is dissolved in water Water is the most abundant molecule on Earth's surface, constituting about 75% of the Earth's surface.[citation needed] In nature it exists in liquid, solid, and gaseous states. It is in dynamic equilibrium between the liquid and gas states at standard temperature and pressure. At room temperature, it is a nearly colorless with a hint of blue, the geminal diol (H2C(OH)2), methanediol, is favored. Other examples are the cyclic geminal diols decahydroxycyclopentane Decahydroxycyclopentane is an organic compound with formula C5O10H10 or C510. It is a five-fold geminal diol on a cyclopentane backbone (C5(OH)10) and dodecahydroxycyclohexane Dodecahydroxycyclohexane is an organic compound with molecular formula C6O12H12 or C612. It is a six-fold geminal diol with a cyclohexane backbone and can be regarded as a six-fold hydrate of hexaketocyclohexane (C6O6) (C6(OH)12), which are stable, whereas the corresponding oxocarbons The simplest and most common oxocarbons are carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide (CO2). There are however many other stable or metastable oxides of carbon which rarely occur outside chemical plants and laboratories, such as carbon suboxide (O=C=C=C=O), and mellitic anhydride(C12O9) (C5O5 and C6O6) do not seem to be.

Examples of diols in which the hydroxyl functional groups are more widely separated include 1,4-butanediol 1,4-Butanediol is the organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH2CH2CH2OH. This colorless viscous liquid is derived from butane by placement of alcohol groups at each end of the chain. It is one of four stable isomers of butanediol and bisphenol A Bisphenol A, commonly abbreviated as BPA, is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is a difunctional building block of several important plastics and plastic additives. With an annual production of 2–3 million metric tonnes, it is an important monomer in the production of polycarbonate.

Synthesis of diols

Because diols are a common functional group In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules. The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reaction regardless of the size of the molecule it is a part of. However, its relative reactivity can be arrangement, numerous methods of preparation have been developed.

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References

  1. ^ March, Jerry Jerry March, Ph.D. was an organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Adelphi University. Dr. March authored the acclaimed March's Advanced Organic Chemistry text, which is considered to be a pillar of graduate-level organic chemistry texts. The book was prepared in its fifth edition at the time of Dr. March's death. Michael B. Smith, Ph.D., (1985), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (3rd ed.), New York: Wiley, ISBN 0-471-85472-7
  2. ^ trans-cyclohexanediol Organic Syntheses Organic Syntheses is a scientific journal that since 1921 has provided the chemistry community with annual collections of detailed and checked procedures for the organic synthesis of organic compounds. The journal has a solid reputation because each contribution is independently checked by a group of other chemists, Coll. Vol. 3, p.217 (1955); Vol. 28, p.35 (1948) http://www.orgsynth.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV3P0217.pdf.
  3. ^ Advantages of Synthesizing trans-1,2-Cyclohexanediol in a Continuous Flow Microreactor over a Standard Glass Apparatus Andreas Hartung, Mark A. Keane, and Arno Kraft J. Org. Chem. The Journal of Organic Chemistry is a scientific journal for original contributions of fundamental research in organic and bioorganic chemistry. It is published by the American Chemical Society. The impact factor of this journal is 3.959 (2007) 2007, 72, 10235-10238 doi The Digital Object Identifier System is a managed system for persistent identification of content-related entities on digital networks . These entities may be content items (digital files, physical objects, abstract works), or any related entities in a content transaction (e.g. licenses, parties, etc.). "DOI" is sometimes used to mean:10.1021/jo701758p

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