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A Review of the Environmental Degradation, Ecotoxicity, and Bioaccumulation Potential of the Low Molecular Weight Polyether Polyol Substances

2017; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/398_2017_2

2197-6554

Thomas Schupp, T. Austin, C. V. Eadsforth, Bart Bossuyt, Summer M. Shen, Robert J. West,

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

"Polyalkylene glycol" is the name given to a broad class of synthetic organic chemicals which are produced by polymerization of one or more alkylene oxide (epoxide) monomers, such as ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO), with various initiator substances which possess amine or alcohol groups. A generalization of this polymerization reaction is illustrated in Fig. 1.