THE SYNTHESIS OF SOME ETHERS AND MIXED ETHER ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

The syntheses of various monoethers of glycerol, the derived diesters and two triethers are reported. As well, one of the chiral ether diesters of glycerol has been prepared in both optically active forms. We have recently reported the effect of added mono- and tri-acylglycerols on the removal from plasma of chylomicron-like emulsions injected intravenously in rats.1, 2 To expand the scope of this work we required a range of monoethers of glycerol, the derived diesters, and some triethers of glycerol, and it is the synthesis of some of these molecules that is presented here. © 1990 ASEG.