Neopentyl glycol: Manufacture & markets

摘要

Neopentyl glycol (NPG) [126-30-7] is an industrially important and versatile diol, particularly as a building block for polyesters and polyurethanes. This is because of the wide availability of the starting materials for its manufacture, isobutyraldehyde and formaldehyde, and the extraordinary stability of its derivatives resulting from the quaternary structure and the absence of hydrogen atoms in the beta-position.