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Usage

Uses

Used in Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries:
1-chloro-3-(octylsulfanyl)propan-2-ol is used as a key intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals due to its unique structure and potential biological activity.
Used in Organic Synthesis:
1-chloro-3-(octylsulfanyl)propan-2-ol is used as a solvent or intermediate in organic synthesis, facilitating various chemical reactions.
Used in Disinfectants and Antiseptics:
1-chloro-3-(octylsulfanyl)propan-2-ol is used as a mild antimicrobial agent in the formulation of disinfectants and antiseptics, providing a potential alternative for sanitizing applications.

Upstream product

• 111-88-6 Octanethiol 
• 106-89-8 epichlorohydrin 
• 96-23-1 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Halohydrin thioethers

Compounds of the structure R(SCH2 CHOHCH2 X)n when n=1 to 4 and R is a hydrocarbon, ether, ester, acetal, hydroxy aliphatic, hydroxy aromatic, imide or amide group or halogenated derivatives thereof are prepared by reacting 1-halo-3-mercapto-2-propanol with an aliphatically unsaturated compound using free radical initiators as catalysts. The compounds in which R is an unsaturated or polyunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, or an unsaturated or polyunsaturated cycloaliphatic group, and those in which the aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group is connected through two or more of the polyunsaturated to two or more --S--CH2 CHOHCHCl groups, and compounds where R is an alkylene or polyalkylene substituted aromatic group and the hydroxy, thioalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, ester, carbamidoalkyl and sulfamidoalkyl, halogenated derivatives of said groups are new compounds. The thioether halohydrins can be converted to epoxides. The process utilizing a radioactive energy source as a catalyst is new.