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of butanol and ethylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst:

or the etherification of butanol with 2-chloroethanol. 2-Butoxyethanol can be obtained in the laboratory by performing a ring opening of 2-propyl-1,3-dioxolane with boron trichloride. It is often produced industrially by combining ethylene glycol and butyraldehyde in a Parr reactor with palladium on carbon.

In 2006, the European

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