5416-14-8

Usage

Physical appearance

Colorless to pale yellow liquid with a faint odor.

Solubility

Soluble in water and most organic solvents.

Industrial uses

Corrosion inhibitor, textile finishing agent, lubricant additive, and surfactant.

Applications in manufacturing

Production of plastics, adhesives, and coatings.

Toxicity

Relatively low, but precautions should be taken to avoid skin and eye contact, inhalation, and ingestion.

Upstream product

• 629-03-8 1 ,6-dibromohexane 
• 60-24-2 2-hydroxyethanethiol 
• 592-42-7 1,5-Hexadien 
• 629-11-8 1,6-hexanediol 
• 1191-43-1 1,6-dimercaptohexane 
• 107-07-3 2-chloro-ethanol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Unexpected Reaction Pathways Leading to Thiodiglycol during the Degradation of Long-Chain Sulfur Mustards

Degradation of long-chain sulfur mustards with various commercial decontaminants unexpectedly forms thiodiglycol (TDG) through unreported reaction pathways. Chemical warfare agents (CWAs) degradation products have to be unambiguously related to their reference compounds in order to fulfill international verification protocols. Thus, the formation of TDG using water-based decontaminants introduces an uncertainty in the origin of this chemical that has been systematically used to unambiguously demonstrate the presence of yperite in environmental and biomedical samples. Therefore, these novel and unprecedented degradation pathways will result either in modifications of the international verification protocols for forensic purposes or in the exclusion of TDG as an exclusive marker of yperite.

SYNTHESIS OF TELECHELIC MONODISPERSED DIOLS. PART 3. TELOMERIZATION OF NONCONJUGATED DIENES WITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE OR SYNTHESIZED MERCAPTO-ALCOHOLS

The synthesis of telechelic monodispersed diols produced from the radical telomerization of commercially available nonconjugated dienes (1,5-hexadiene and 1,9-decadiene) with an excess of commercial (2-mercapto-ethanol) or synthesized thio-alcohol, initiated by peroxydes is presented.In each case, the diols were obtained selectively and in excellent yields and were characterized by both 1H and 13C-NMR.The thermostability of these latter diols is much better than that of polydispersed commercially available diols such as polyethylene glycol or poly(THF).Key words:Telechelic diol; monodispersity; radical telomerization; mercapto-alcohol; thermostability.