4-CHLORO-2,6-XYLENOL

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 1123-63-3

4-CHLORO-2,6-XYLENOL 

EINECS NO.

214-376-0

FORMULA ClC6H2(CH3)2OH
MOL WT. 156.61

H.S. CODE

 

TOXICITY

 
SYNONYMS

2,6-Dimethyl-4-chlorophenol; 4-Chloroxylenol;

4-chloro-2,6-dimethyl phenol; 3-Chloro-6-hydroxy-1,5-dimethylbenzene;

SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

DISINFECTANTS /

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

white to off-white crystalline powder

MELTING POINT 80 - 83 C
BOILING POINT

 

SPECIFIC GRAVITY  
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Slightly soluble
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY

 

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

Health: 1; Flammability: 1; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 

FLASH POINT

 

STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions.

APPLICATIONS

Xylenols are used in formulating a disinfectant for lubricants, gasolines and coal tar. It is used as an intermedaite for pesticides, dyes, rubber chemicals and pharmaceuticals. 4-Chloro-2,6-xylenol is used in formulating bactericides and biocides with wide range of surfactants, chlorinated phenols, sulphur and quaternary ammonium compounds. It's end applicartions include medicals and household goods. It is used as a preservatives for coatings, slurries and to control microbial fouling in paper mills , oil field and leather process and water treatment process against microbial attack.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

white to off-white crystalline powder

ASSAY

98.0% min

MELTING POINT 80 - 83 C
MOISTURE 0.5% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING
25kgs in fiber drum
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: XI , Risk Phrases: 36/37/38, Safety Phrases: 26-36
CHLORO-PHENOL COMPOUNDS
Chlorinated phenol compounds are toxic, colourless, weakly acidic, one or more of the chlorine atoms attached to the benzene ring of phenol. All chlorophenols are solids but only 2-chlorophenol is a liquid. The most general property toxicity is useful. They and compounds made from them are used as a bactericide and fungicide and preservative. 4-Chlorophenol a starting material for making germicides such as 2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol; it can also be converted to an analgesic of acetophenetidin. 2,4-Dichlorophenol and formaldehyde form methylenebis compounds used as a mothproofing agent, an antiseptic, and a seed disinfectant; 2,4-dichlorophenol, with chloroacetic acid, forms 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), used as a selective weed-killer, systemic herbicide and defoliant, also used to increase the latex output of old rubber trees and in fruit drop control. trichlorophenols. 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol is used as a bactericide and fungicide. The 2,4,5-isomer has similar applications and also can be converted into Hexachlorophene or Thiobis(trichlorophenol) used as germicides in soap. and into Dimethyl trichlorophenyl phosphorothioate, a systemic agent effective against grubs in cattle; and into 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) or 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid (2,4,5-TCPPA), both widely used as weed killers. Tetrachlorophenol is an insecticide and a bactericide and is used as a preservative for latex, wood, and leather.