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Pentaerythritol
Pentaerythritol
is an
organic compound
with the
formula
C
5
H
12
O
4
. This white, crystalline
polyol
with the
neopentane
backbone is a versatile building block for the preparation of many polyfunctionalized compounds such as the explosive
pentaerythritol tetranitrate
and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate. Derivatives of pentaerythritol are components of
alkyd
resins
,
varnishes
,
polyvinyl chloride
stabilizers,
tall oil
esters
, and
olefin
antioxidants
.
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