Phenoxyethanol

  • 2 -phenoxy- 1-ethanol
  • 2-phenoxyethanol
  • Phenylcellosolve
  • Phenylglycol
  • Monophenylglycol
  • Ethylene glycol monophenyl

Colorless liquid with a faint, aromatic odor

Liquid

1.11 g · cm -3

14 ° C

242 ° C

4 Pa ( 20 ° C)

Poorly soluble in water (24 g · l-1 at 20 ° C)

1.534 (20 ° C)

Attention

20 ml · m-3, 110 mg · m-3

1260 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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Phenoxyethanol is an organic compound. It is an ether of the phenol with ethylene glycol, with molecular formula C8H10O2.

Properties

Phenoxyethanol is a colorless, viscous liquid with a faint, aromatic, rosenartigem smell, which is slightly soluble in water at room temperature. The vapor pressure function is given by Antoine corresponding log10 (P) = A- ( B / ( T C )) ( P in bar, T in K) with A = 5.13710, B = 2379.346 and C = -54.424 in temperature range from 351 K to 518 K.

Use

Phenoxyethanol is bactericidal and is used in dermatological products such as skin cream as a preservative, for which the Cosmetics Regulation, a concentration allows to 1%. Phenoxyethanol is used as a substitute for sodium azide in biological buffer solutions, as it is less toxic, and does not react with copper or lead. It is used as a narcotic for fish. It can be used depending on the dosage to soothe, stunning or euthanasia of fish. It is also used as a preservative for vaccines in the pharmaceutical industry and is included in most wet wipes for babies.

Phenoxyethanol is used as a solvent in inks, ballpoint pen inks, printing pastes and stamp inks, as a fixative for perfumes and soaps and the production of plasticizers and air fresheners.

Safety

Phenoxyethanol can cause a mixture with methyldibromoglutaronitrile allergies Type 4 ( allergic contact dermatitis); here designated as MDBGN / PE mixture with 4% share of all allergies is a common contact allergen. Phenoxyethanol has a flash point of 121 ° C and will be formed at higher temperatures flammable vapor -air mixtures. Upon reaction with oxygen may form peroxides phenoxyethanol.

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