Researchers from the University of Silesia, the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals in Gliwice and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań have developed a new, cheap and efficient way to obtain low boiling ethers and 1-propenyl sulfides. The method has been patented.

Low-boiling 1-propenyl ethers can be used as monomers from which light-cured resins are used, for example in 3D printing. They are also used as starting materials for the synthesis of the compound for the preparation of β-carotene, neutralizing free radicals of vitamin A provitamin and lycopene – a dye used in the food industry.

In turn, 1-propenyl sulphides are used as stabilizers and antioxidant additives for rubber and monomers for obtaining polymers with a high refractive index used in the production of fiber optics. They can also be ingredients of aromas with onion flavor.
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