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Ethanol reacts with excess ethylene oxide to produce a mixture of ethylene glycols.

The reaction proceeds via a series of nucleophilic substitution (ring opening) steps.
CH3CH2OH
  +  
        
Polyethylene
Glycol
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Ethanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethylene oxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Polyethylene glycol (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Polymerisation
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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