Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Pentaerythritol is an organic compound with the formula C5H12O4. This white crystalline polyol with the neopentane backbone is a versatile building block for the preparation of many polyfunctionalized compounds such as the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate. Derivatives of pentaerythritol are components of alkyd resins varnishes polyvinyl chloride stabilizers tall oil esters and olefin antioxidants.
