Assertion: ethylene glycol | /r/HasProperty | prepared
Facets:
value: in 1859
type: TEMPORAL
value: from ethylene glycol diacetate
type: OTHER
value: from the hydration of ethylene oxide
type: OTHER
value: in 1860
type: TEMPORAL
value: via saponification with potassium hydroxide
type: MANNER
value: by the french chemist
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Ethylene glycol was first prepared in 1859 when French chemist, Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, treated ethylene iodide with silver acetate.
text: Ethylene glycol was first prepared in 1859 by the French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz from ethylene glycol diacetate via saponification with potassium hydroxide and, in 1860, from the hydration of ethylene oxide.