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Glycerol Triacetate, more commonly known as Triacetin,(chemical names are not proper nouns and should only be capitalized at the start of a sentence.) is mainly used in tobacco, food, inks, cosmetics, casting, pharmaceuticals and dyes as a plasticizer. Triacetin can be quickly synthesized from glycerol and acetic acid with sulfuric acid as a catalyst.The reaction of glycerol and acetic acid is a parallel series of reactions that sequentially produce monoacetin, diacetin and triacetin. The reaction of triacetin from glycerol and acetic acid is an exothermic reaction, that is noted by the increase in temperature. However, if the temperature were to exceed 115 degrees Celsius, the yield of triacetin will decrease. [4]	In 2010, China ranked as the world’s top triacetin producer, putting out nearly half of the global demand at 108,000 tons. China’s total production of triacetin in 2010 was 55,000 tons. The global demand for triacetin has increased 5-10% annually and is expected to continue increasing. Triacetin is mainly used in tobacco, food, inks, cosmetics, casting, pharmaceuticals and dyes. [5]	In cigarettes that use menthol capsules in the filter, it has been shown that the ﬁlter retention of phenolic compounds can be substantially changed by varying the level of triacetin added as a plasticizer to the cellulose acetate. There are concerns regarding potential increase in toxicity of the cigarette smoke as a result of crushing the menthol capsule present in the ﬁlter. [1]	In regards to using triacetin as a food additive, natural fats containing principally one kind of saturated fat may be used, but better yields and purer products are obtained if mixtures of simple triglycerides and triacetin are interesterified and progressively crystallized. [2][3] (increased yields and more pure)

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