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EC / List no.: 216-372-4
CAS no.: 1569-01-3
Mol. formula: C6H14O2
About this substance
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.
This substance is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing and at industrial sites.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether (PnP) is a colorless liquid with an ether-like odor.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether evaporates quickly and is completely soluble (mixes easily) in water.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is a propylene oxide-based, or Pseries, glycol ether.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is commercially available as a mix of two isomers.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is the major isomer comprising at least 95% of the mixture, while 2-n-propoxy-1-propanol makes up the remaining 5%.
Uses:
Cleaners
Textiles
Cosmetics
Resins
Coating formulation and application
Industrial, automotive and architectural coatings
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is a fast-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character along with outstanding soil removal and coupling properties.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether offers an excellent balance between hydrophilic and hydrophobic character; Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is our most hydrophobic glycol ether that still maintains complete water solubility.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is our P-series product that most closely matches the properties of Butyl glycol ether.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether primary use is in cleaning products, where Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether fast evaporation rate and excellent ability to solubilize organic soils makes it useful in a wide variety of formulation systems.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is an excellent choice in glass cleaners and all-purpose cleaners, especially in combination with selected PM-series glycol ethers.
Applications
Coupling agent and solvent in household and industrial cleaners, grease and paint removers, metal cleaners, and hard surface cleaners.
Coupling cosolvent in water-reducible aerosol paint formulations..
Blends with other P-series glycol ethers for an effective coalescent in water borne latex coatings.
Glycol ethers and their acetates are used in a variety of industries and products.
Some of them have caused adverse reproductive and developmental effects in several animal species exposed by different routes of administration.
Among semiconductor manufacturing workers, exposure to ethylene glycol ethers was related to an increased risk of miscarriage, subfertility and prolonged menstrual cycles .
In a multicenter case–control study, maternal glycol ether exposure was associated with congenital malformations (Cordier et al., 1997).
The association appeared particularly strong in neural tube defects, multiple anomalies and cleft lip.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is promary used in cleaning product due to the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic property.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is used as a solvent and/or coupling agent for hard surface cleaners, water-reducible aerosol paint formulations amd grease and paint removers.
Consumer Uses
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is used in the following products: coating products, washing & cleaning products, adhesives and sealants, cosmetics and personal care products and fuels.
Other release to the environment of Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid and outdoor use as processing aid.
Widespread uses by professional workers
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is used in the following products: coating products.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using this substance.
Other release to the environment of Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid and outdoor use as processing aid.
Uses at industrial
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is used in the following products: coating products.
Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether is used for the manufacture of: .
Release to the environment of Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, as processing aid, manufacturing of the substance, formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, in the production of articles and as processing aid.
Description
Liquid; WetSolid
EC Number: 216-372-4
IUPAC Name: 1-propoxypropan-2-ol
Category: Biomaterials
Molecular Formula: C6H14O2
Molecular Weight: 118.17g/mol
Rotatable Bond Count: 4
Exact Mass: 118.09938g/mol
Monoisotopic Mass: 118.09938g/mol
IUPAC names
1-propoxy, 2-propanol
1-PROPOXY-2-PROPANOL
1-Propoxy-2-propanol
1-propoxy-2-propanol
1-PROPOXYPROPAN-2-OL
1-Propoxypropan-2-ol
1-propoxypropan-2-ol
1-propoxypropan-2-ol
2 propanol, 1 propoxy
2-Propanol, 1-propoxy-
2-Propoxypropanol
PFG_1-Propoxypropan-2-ol
PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOPROPYL ETHER
Propylene Glycol N-propyl Ether
propylene glycol n-propyl ether
propylene glycol n-propyl ether
Propylene glycol propyl ether
Synonyms
PROPYLENE GLYCOL PROPYL ETHER;
PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOPROPYL ETHER;
PROPYLENE GLYCOL NORMAL PROPYL ETHER;
PNP;
1-propoxy-2-propano;
1-propoxy-propan-2-ol;
2-Propanol, 1-propoxy-;
ethermonopropyliquenormaldupropyleneglycol
Heavy Atom Count: 8
Formal Charge: 0
Complexity: 45.8
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1
Boiling Point: 150.0 °C;150.2 °C
Melting Point: -80.0 °C
Flash Point: 48 °C (118 °F) - closed cup
Solubility: 8.46 M;Miscible with water
Density: 0.8886 g/cu cm at 20 °C
SMILES: CCCOCC(C)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O2/c1-3-4-8-5-6(2)7/h6-7H,3-5H2,1-2H3
InChI Key: FENFUOGYJVOCRY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
H-Bond Donor: 1
H-Bond Acceptor: 2
Vapor Pressure : 1.70 mmHg;2.2125 mm Hg at 25 °C
Stability: Stable under recommended storage conditions.
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.4130 at 20 °C/D
Decomposition: When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
Other Experimental: Henry's Law constant: 3.44X10-7 atm-cu m/mole at 25 °C (est)
