Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
2-Methyl-24-pentanediol (MPD) is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2C(OH)CH2CH(OH)CH3. This colourless liquid is a chiral diol. It is produced industrially from diacetone alcohol by hydrogenation. Total European and USA production was 15000 tonnes in 2000.2-Methyl-24-pentanediol exists as two enantiomers 4R(-) and 4S(+). In the Protein Data Bank the 3-letter code MPD refers to the (S)-(-) enantiomer while MRD is used to refer to the (R)-(+) version.
