Jefferson Chemical announces the first U.S. commercial production of
WMLmm HOCMOCIUM
Diglycolamine is an essentially colorless, slightly viscous liquid possessing a mild amine odor. It is miscible with water and alcohols, but relatively immiscible with aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons and ethyl ether. It undergoes the typical reactions of alcohols and primary amines.
diglycolamine will have an advantage over monoethanolamine in avoiding cyclic structures. TYPICAL
PROPERTIES
Specific Gravity, 2 0 / 2 0 ° C . Color, Pt-Co Equivalent weight by titration
OF DIGLYCCDLAMINE 1.06 10 106
ASTM Boiling Range, °C.
This product is isomeric with diethanolamine, and the same applications are suggested such as natural gas scrubbing, preparation of foam stabilizers, wetting and emulsifying agents, con densation polymers. However, diglycolamine has certain structural advantages over diethan olamine. It has a primary NH 2 group which makes it more reactive than diethanolamine. When diglycolamine is reacted with fatty acids, a less complex mixture is obtained as com pared with diethanolamine. In certain reactions,
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IBP
207.8
5%
220.3
95% DP
224.3 228.0
Diglycolamine is available for immediate shipment in 55-gallon drums, and bulk ship ments can be made on relatively short notice. One-gallon samples are available for your in vestigations . . . write Jefferson Chemical Com pany, Inc., 1121 Walker Avenue, P. O. Box 53300, Houston, Texas 77052.
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