Author: Delacre, Maurice
Title: Recherches sur la notion de l'individualite chimique a propos de la constitution de la pinacoline
Description: Bruxelles, Hayez, 1904. orig.wrappers. 22x14cm, v,296 pp, Series: Academie Royale de Belgique. Classe des Sciences, Memoires, Time 1, Fascicule 1.. Unopened. Some rubbing. Small spine chip. Good. ¶ Contents: Préparation et propriétés générales de la pinacoline; Chlorure et bromure de la pinacoline; L'alcool pinacolique, ses dérivés et ses isometres; Conclusions generales. ["Pinacolyl alcohol & pinacolone are nerve agent precursors whose primary use is in the synthesis of triazolylpinacolone in the synthesis of the fungicide triadimefon and in synthesis of the herbicide metribuzin. Pinacolone is also the immediate precursor for pinacolyl alcohol. Pinacolyl alcohol is used in the preparation of the nerve agent soman. The immediate synthesis is by the reduction of pinacolone. Pinacolone can be made by several routes. The simplest, or at least the one using the most unobtrusive starting materials, is by a well-characterized reaction known as the pinacol rearrangement. This involves acetone as the only reactant in the presence of an acid catalyst. Acetone is a high production volume chemical with worldwide annual production of 1 million tons. Other routes use more exotic starting materials that would be more telling indicators of their intent. The other significant commercial route is by the reaction of tert- butanol and formaldehyde." -Factsheets on Chemical & Biological Warfare Agents]

Keywords: History of Chemistry, Pinacoline, Inorganic, Chemical, Pinakone Pinacone, Pinacolin, Pinacolone, Pinacolyl alcohol., Nerve Agent