Chemical Properties
clear colorless liquid
Uses
Tripropoxymethane can be used in the lipase-?catalyzed esterification aimed at the kinetic resolution of racemic acids, circumventing the adverse effects of the water formed in the course of the reaction.
Uses
Tripropyl orthoformate was used as alcohol donor to investigate the activity and enantioselectivity of Novozym 435 in the esterification of
rac-fenoprofen in methylcyclohexane. It may be used as a drying agent during the synthesis of squaraine derivatives.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 77, p. 3801, 1955
DOI: 10.1021/ja01619a036
General Description
Gas phase reactions of the rare earth metal cations with tripropyl orthoformate were studied by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.