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(organic chemistry)
(CH2OH)4C A white crystalline solid, melting at 261-262°C; moderately soluble in cold water, freely soluble in hot water; used to make the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and in the manufacture of alkyol resins and other coating compounds.



[also called 2.2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol and tetramethylolmethane], C(CH2OH)4, a tet-rahydric alcohol that occurs as colorless crystals with a melting point of 263.5°C. Pentaerythritol is soluble in water and glycerol but only sparingly soluble in common organic solvents. It exhibits all the properties common to polyhydric alcohols and is obtained from the reaction of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in the presence of such compounds as Ca(OH)2 and KOH. Pentaerythritol is used in the manufacture of alkyd resins and the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).

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Methanol is formed as a byproduct, aqueous alkaline medium of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde forms pentaerythritol. The required product is collected from mixture by the process of crystallization.
Polyol esters were synthesized by the esterification reaction of either HFA or FA with pentaerythritol (PE) [6, 8].
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In the published results, Thundat and his colleagues claim to be able to detect less than one billionth of a gram of such explosives as trinitrotoluene, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, and cyclotrimethylenetrinitromine.
Instead of buying methanol, which goes into the manufacturing of its downstream products, the company will produce it at a lower cost, enabling it to become more competitive in international markets The company, formerly Saudi Formaldehyde Chemical Company, will produce from its latest expansion the following products: methanol, carbon monoxide, acetaldehyde, methylamines (MA), dimethyl formamide (DMF), pentaerythritol and formaldehyde.
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