Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether

It is prepared by O-alkylation of bisphenol A with epichlorohydrin. This reaction mainly affords bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, as well as some oligomer. The degree of polymerization may be as low as 0.1.{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Mark|first1=Herman |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology|date=16 October 2013 |isbn=9780470073698 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vfh1AQAAQBAJ&q=DGEBA+degree+of+polymerization&pg=PA388|article = Epoxy Resins}} The epoxide content of such epoxy resins is of interest. This parameter is commonly expressed as the epoxide number, which is the number of epoxide equivalents in 1 kg of resin (Eq./kg), or as the equivalent weight, which is the weight in grams of resin containing 1 mole equivalent of epoxide (g/mol). Since unsymmetrical epoxides are chiral, the bis epoxide consists of three stereoisomers, although these are not separated.

Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether slowly hydrolyzes to 2,2-bis[4(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)phenyl)propane (bis-HPPP).

Similarly, DGEBA reacts with acrylic acid to give vinyl ester resins. The reaction results in opening of the epoxide ring, generating unsaturated esters at each terminus of the molecule. Such materials are often diluted with styrene and converted to resin.

Epoxy resins are thermosetting polymers, which are crosslinked using hardeners (curing agents). The most common curing agents for epoxy resins are polyamines, aminoamides, and phenolic compounds.Forrest, M.J.: Coatings and Inks for Food Contact Materials, in RAPRA review reports, vol. 16, no. 6 (2005), p.8

BADGE is highly reactive and forms a number of species upon exposure to water or HCl and many of these compounds (including BADGE) are suspected endocrine disruptors.{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Dongqi |last2=Zhao |first2=Haoduo |last3=Fei |first3=Xunchang |last4=Synder |first4=Shane Allen |last5=Fang |first5= Mingliang |last6=Liu |first6=Min |title=A comprehensive review on the analytical method, occurrence, transformation and toxicity of a reactive pollutant: BADGE |journal= Environment International |date=October 2021 |volume=155 |pages=106701 |doi=10.1016/j.envint.2021.106701|pmid=34146765 |doi-access=free|bibcode= 2021EnInt.15506701W |hdl= 10356/161451 |hdl-access=free }} Hydrolysis of the ether bonds liberates bisphenol A, which is also strongly suspected of being an endocrine disruptor.{{cite journal|first1=Walfried|last1= Rauter|first2= Gerald|last2= Dickinger|first3= Rudolf|last3= Zihlarz |first4= Josef|last4= Lintschinger|pages = 208–211|url = https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s002170050404.pdf|title = Determination of Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its hydrolysis products in canned oily foods from the Austrian market|journal=Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. A|date=1999}}{{cite web |trans-title = Guideline for public health evaluation of organic chemical coatings in contact with drinking water (coating guideline) |date = 16 March 2016 |website = www.umweltbundesamt.de |language = de |url = https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/374/dokumente/160316_beschichtungsleitlinie_neu.pdf |title = Leitlinie zur hygienischen Beurteilung von organischen Beschichtungen im Kontakt mit Trinkwasser (Beschichtungsleitlinie) |access-date = 6 October 2019 |archive-date = 9 January 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170109035010/http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/374/dokumente/160316_beschichtungsleitlinie_neu.pdf |url-status = dead }}

From the 1990s onward, concern has been raised over the use of BADGE-based epoxy resins in the lining of some cans for foodstuffs, with the chemical being found to leach into foods.{{Citation |last1=Berdasco |first1=Nancy Anne M. |title=Epoxy Compounds: Aromatic Diglycidyl Ethers, Polyglycidyl Ethers, Glycidyl Esters, and Miscellaneous Epoxy Compounds |date=2012-08-17 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471435139.tox083.pub2 |work=Patty's Toxicology |pages=491–528 |editor-last= Bingham |editor-first=Eula |place=Hoboken, NJ, USA |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |language=en |doi=10.1002/0471435139.tox083.pub2 |isbn= 978-0-471-12547-1 |access-date= 2022-07-28 |last2=Waechter |first2=John M. |editor2-last=Cohrssen |editor2-first=Barbara |editor3-last=Powell |editor3-first=Charles H.}} Bisphenol A Diglycidyl ether-based epoxy coatings are extensively used for coating the inside of cans which come into contact with food and are thus food contact materials. The materials and analogues and conjugates have been extensively tested for and analytical methods developed.{{Cite journal |last1=Lestido-Cardama |first1=Antía |last2= Sendón |first2=Raquel |last3=Rodríguez Bernaldo de Quirós |first3=Ana |date=2022-11-01 |title=Tentative identification of BADGE derivatives in epoxy type coatings in a model sample: a beverage can |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-022-00662-6 |journal=Journal of Coatings Technology and Research |language=en |volume= 19 |issue=6 |pages=1893–1900 |doi=10.1007/s11998-022-00662-6 |s2cid=251912604 |issn=1935-3804}}{{Cite journal |last1=Beszterda |first1=Monika |last2=Tądrowska |first2=Magdalena |last3=Frański |first3=Rafał |date=2022-11-01 |title=Multi-detection method for the fast screening of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether conjugates in the can-coating material |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-022-00668-0 |journal=Journal of Coatings Technology and Research |language=en |volume=19 |issue=6 |pages=1901–1907 |doi=10.1007/s11998-022-00668-0 |s2cid=252213795 |issn=1935-3804}}

• Bisphenol AF (BPAF)
• Bisphenol S (BPS)
• EPI-001

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