CHEMICALS OUTLOOK
November 1954
This news bulletin about Wyandotte Chemicals services, products, and their applications, is published to help keep you posted. Perhaps you will want to route these and subsequent facts to interested members of your organization. Additional information and trial quantities of Wyandotte products are available upon request . , . may we serve you? Since our June announcement, much widespread interest has been evidenced in Wyandotte's Quadrol*, a completely new polyol with six chemically reactive centers . It is too early, however, for us to evaluate all the many possibilities as our field investigations have only begun. Some of the recent inquiries have asked, "What have you learned about Quadrol since its introduction?11
MORE NEWS ABOUT WYANDOTTE'S NEW CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE -QUADROL
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We've found among other things that Quadrol is a rela tively non-toxic substance . . . that esters of Quadrol, to which ethylene oxide have been added, show promise as detergents especially in removing oily soil . . . Note: samples of esters are not available.
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Quadrol is a water-white viscous liquid that is excep tionally heat stable. It has a boiling point of 225° C. at 5 mm.
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CH2 In its own right, Quadrol has potential uses as a humec tant and a plasticizer.
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Quadrol reacts with dibasic acids to give resinous polymers. Ion exchange resins prepared from Quadrol may have great possibilities.
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As an intermediate, the unique structure and priysical properties of Quadrol suggest possible use in the preparation of emulsifying agents, surf ace-act JLve agents, pharmaceuticals, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and plasticizers.
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We further believe that because of the nitrogen atoms in Quadrol it offers promise in preparation of adnesives, particularly for metallic surfaces. Write for technical data and samples of Quadrol on your Company
letterhead.
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N%-tetrakis (2-hydroxypropyl) ethylenediarnine)
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CALCIUM CHLORIDE
CARBOSE ® (Sodium CMC) .
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND INSECTICIDES
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CHLORINE
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MURIATIC ACID
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DICHL0R0DIMETHYLHYDANTOIN
OTHER ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS
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