Editing Pentaerythritol (section)

===Ester derivatives===
Pentaerythritol is a precursor to esters of the type C(CH<sub>2</sub>OX)<sub>4</sub>. Such derivatives are [[pentaerythritol tetranitrate]] (PETN),  a [[vasodilator]] and [[explosive]], the trinitrate [[derivative (chemistry)|derivative]] [[pentrinitrol]] (Petrin), the tetraacetate [[normosterol]] (PAG), and the [[Cross-link|polymer cross-linking agent]]s [[pentaerythritol tetraacrylate]] and [[pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate)]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Chemical Reactions of Pentaerythritol and its Derivatives|author=S. F. Marrian |journal=[[Chemical Reviews]]|year=1948|volume=43 |issue=1|pages=149–202|doi=10.1021/cr60134a004 |pmid=18876970}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hoyle |first1=Charles E. |last2=Bowman |first2=Christopher N. |title=Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry |journal=[[Angewandte Chemie International Edition]] |year=2010 |volume=49 |issue=9 |doi=10.1002/anie.200903924 |pages=1542–1543}}</ref>

A linear polymer which can be described as a ([[spiro compound|spiro]]) [[orthocarbonate]] ester of pentaerythritol, whose formula could be written as {{chem2|[(\sCH2)2C(CH2\s)2 (\sO)2C(O\s)2]_{''n''}|}}, was synthesized in 2002.<ref name=voda2002>David T. Vodak, Matthew Braun, Lykourgos Iordanidis, Jacques Plévert, Michael Stevens, Larry Beck, John C. H. Spence, Michael O'Keeffe, Omar M. Yaghi (2002): "One-Step Synthesis and Structure of an Oligo(spiro-orthocarbonate)". ''Journal of the American Chemical Society'', volume 124, issue 18, pages 4942–4943. {{doi|10.1021/ja017683i}}</ref>