Chemical intermediate[edit]
Glycerol is used to produce nitroglycerin, which is an essential ingredient of various explosives such as dynamite, gelignite, and propellants like cordite. Reliance on soap-making to supply co-product glycerol made it difficult to increase production to meet wartime demand. Hence, synthetic glycerol processes were national defense priorities in the days leading up to World War II. Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is commonly used to relieve angina pectoris, taken in the form of sub-lingualtablets, patches, or as an aerosol spray.
An oxidation of glycerol affords mesoxalic acid.[35] Dehydrating glycerol affords hydroxyacetone.
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