TETRAGLYCEROL

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 56491-53-3

TETRAGLYCEROL 

EINECS NO. 310-131-8
FORMULA

C12H26O9

MOL WT.  

H.S. CODE

 

TOXICITY

 
SYNONYMS Polyglyceryl-4; Tetraglycerin; Tetraglycerine; Polyglycerol-4;
DERIVATION

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE yellowish viscous liquid
MELTING POINT  
BOILING POINT

 

SPECIFIC GRAVITY  
SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY

 

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 

NFPA RATINGS

 

AUTOIGNITION

 

FLASH POINT

 

STABILITY Stable under normal conditions.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION & APPLICATIONS

An emulsion is a mixture of two repel substances (water and oil).It induces a dispersion of undissolved material throughout a liquid. The dispersed phase is dispersed in the other continuous phase. Emulsions are unstable and thus tend to revert to the stable state of oil separated from water spontaneously. Physical energy such as shaking, stirring, homogenizers, or spray processes is needed to keep an emulsion. Surfactants increase the kinetic stability of emulsions and make the emulsion does not change significantly for long term. An emulsifier is a type of surfactant used to keep emulsion stable and well dispersed. Emulsifiers typically have a hydrophobic head and a hydrophilic tail in one molecule. The emulsifiers will surround an hydrophobic molecule and hydrophilic tail form a protective layer so that the oil molecules cannot "clump" together. This action helps keeps phase well dispersed. Some of the most important emulsifiers include salts or esters of higher fatty acids, fatty alcohols, esters of monoglycerides, gelatin, lecithins, polysaccharides and casein.

Glycerides (also known as acylglycerols) are esterified to glycerol with fatty acids. Glycerol haing three hydroxyl functional groups is esterified with one, two or three fatty acids to form monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides respectively. A monolyceride is a compound consisting of one fatty acid chains covalently bonded to a glycerol molecule through ester linkage. Diglyceride and triglyceride consists of two and three fatty acid chains respectively. Examples of triglyceride include triacetin, trimyristin, and triolein. Monoglyceride usually occurs as an intermediate in triglyceride metabolism by means of a release of a fatty acid from lipase. The commercial source may be either animal or vegetable fats, and synthetically produced as well. Mono- and diglycerides are common food additives used as an emulsifier or stabilizer to blend together certain ingredients of oil-hating and water-hating, which would not otherwise blend well. .

Either the primary hydroxyl or the secondary hydroxyl groups in glycerol can condense to form polyglycerols (hydroxy-containing ethers). The simplest example is diglycerol. Diglycerol, Triglycerol, Tetraglycerol, Pentaglycerol, Hexaglycerol, Heptaglycerol, Octaglycerol, Nonaglycerol, Decaglycerol indicate 2 - 10 degrees of polymerization respectively. The primary hydroxyls are involved in linear polymerization, whereas the secondary hydroxyl groups are in branched  polymer formation. If the polymerization proceeds to tri-, tetra- and higher glycerols the number of isomers increases exponentially. Polyglycerol esters are mixtures of the esters of fatty acids with the polyglycerol mixture. They are formed by an alkaline catalyzed random polymerization of glycerol followed by an esterification with isolated fatty acids. Typically 30 - 50 % of the total amount of hydroxyl groups are esterified by fatty acids. The polyglycerol mixture varies in the degree of polymerization, types and positions of esterified fatty acids, which provide wide range of hydrophilicity and lipophilicity (HLB ranges from 3 to 13). This range provide a variety of choice for the end applications. Polyglyceryl esters  are important emulsifier in cosmetic, in food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Their amphiphilic character enables their use as a stabilizer for various suspensions. They are used as an emulsifier, viscosity controler, dispersant and stabilizer for the final products.
polyglycerols or esters

CAS RN.

1,3-Dioctadecanoylglycerol

504-40-5

Cytidine diphosphodiglyceride-serine Ophophatidyl transferase 9068-48-8
Diglyceryl stearate 12694-22-3
Tetranitro diglycerin 20600-96-8
Diglyceryl monooleate 49553-76-6
Dimyristoyl diglyceride 53563-63-6
Diglycerindiformal 56552-15-9
Diglycerin 59113-36-9
Polyoxyethylene glycerides 61163-33-5
Mono- and diglycerides 67254-73-3
Hydrogenated mono- and diglycerides 67784-87-6
Diglyceryl diisostearate 67938-21-0
Hydrogenated tallow diglycerides 68553-09-3
Diglyceryl monooleyl ether 71032-90-1
Diglyceryl tetrastearate 72347-89-8
Diglycerol caprylate caprate 72480-00-3
Ethoxylated diglycerol stearate 72828-11-6
Diglyceryl isostearate 73296-86-3
Stearoylarachidonylglycerol 75060-22-9
Panodan SD 79620-91-0
Diarachidonyl diglyceride 82231-61-6
Hydrogenated coco mono-, di- and triglycerides 91744-42-2
3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine monophosphate diglyceride 130466-13-6
2',3'-Dideoxycytidine monophosphate diglyceride 139903-71-2
Tributyrin 60-01-5
Triolein 122-32-7
Glyceryl tris(12-hydroxystearate) 139-44-6
Tripropionin 139-45-7
Tricaprilin 538-23-8
Trilaurin 538-24-9
Tristearin 555-43-1
Tripalmitin 555-44-2
Trimyristin 555-45-3
Tricaproin 621-70-5
Tricaprin 621-71-6
Rizolipase 9001-62-1
Decaglyceryl monooleate 9007-48-1
Triglycerol stearate 26855-43-6
Isostearic acid triglyceride 26942-95-0
Triglyceryl oleate 33940-98-6
Triglyceryl monostearate 37349-34-1
Triglyceryl caprylate/caprate 52622-27-2
Triglycerol 56090-54-1
Triglyceryl caprylate/caprate 65381-09-1
Glycerides, tall-oil 68309-32-0
Triglycerol monolard 68512-92-5
Triglycerol soya fatty ester 68605-19-6
Bisulfited blown tall oil fatty acid, triglycerides 68990-56-7
Triglycerol tricaprylate, caprate 69070-60-6
Triglycerol pentapelargonate 72347-87-6
Triglycerol pentalaurate 72347-88-7
Triglycerol soya fatty ester 84539-92-4
C10-18 Triglycerides 85665-33-4
Triglycerol isooctadecanoic acid, mono-, di- and triesters 90431-25-7
C18-36 Acid triglyceride 91052-08-3
Hydrogenated coco monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides 91744-42-2
Trinitrophenylaminolauryl triglyceride 96337-55-2
1-(10-Pyrenedecanoyl)-2,3-dioleoylglycerol 97850-84-5
C8-12 triglycerides 123465-33-8
Polyglyceryl-3 cetyl ether 128895-87-4
Triglycerol penta(caprylate-caprate) 147923-42-0
Tetraglycerol 56491-53-3
Tetraglycerol octadecanoic acid monoester 68004-11-5
Tetraglycerol 9-octadecenoic acid monoester 71012-10-7
Tetraglyceryl monoisostearate 91824-88-3
1,1,1-Tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane 77-85-0
Metriol trinitrate 3032-55-1
Pentaglycerol 51555-31-8
Trimethylolpropane 77-99-6
Decaglyceryl monooleate 9007-48-1
Hexaglyceryl distearate 34424-97-0
Hexaglycerol 36675-34-0
Hexaglyceryl tristearate 71185-87-0
Hexaglyceryl dioleate 76009-37-5
Hexaglycerol tetrastearate 94248-65-4
Hexaglyceryl isostearate 126928-07-2

Heptaglycerol

74899-87-9

Decaglyceryl monooleate 9007-48-1
Decaglycerol 9041-07-0
Decaglycerol decaoleate 11094-60-3
Decaglyceryl dioleate 33940-99-7
Decaglyceryl tetraoleate 34424-98-1
Decaglyceryl decastearate 39529-26-5
Decaglycerol hexaoleic acid hexaester 65573-03-7
Decaglyceryl decalinoleate 68900-96-9
Decaglycerol monocaprylic acid, monocapric acid monoesters 68937-16-6
Decaglycerol decanoic acid and octanoic acid hexaesters 72479-98-2
Decaglycerol monooleate 79665-93-3
Decaglycerol docosanoic acid decaester 84455-45-8
Decaglycerol fatty acids C16-22 decaesters 84539-89-9
Decaglyceryl pentastearate 95461-64-6
1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, octadecanoate 9009-32-9
Polyglycerylmethacrylate 28474-30-8
Polyglycerylmethacrylate 37310-95-5
Polyglyceryl phthalate ester of coconut oil fatty acid 66070-87-9
Polyglycerol 25618-55-7
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

yellowish viscous liquid
HYDROXYL VALUE 1050 - 1090
COLOR (APHA) 100 max
MOISTURE 4 - 6%
GLYCEROL 5 - 15%
POLYGLYCEROL 80 - 90%
RESIDUE ON IGNITION 0.1% max
ARSENIC

2ppm max

HEAVY METALS 10ppm max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING
250kgs/can
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OTHER INFORMATION