New Stabilizing Agent for mineral o i l , v e g e t a b l e oils, greases, paints, cosmetics, a n d various resin monomers
2,5-DITERTIARY
BUTYL
HYDROQUINONE
W h i t e P o w d e r : M . P. 2 1 0 - 2 1 2 ° C
SOLUBILITY AT 30°C
1
SOLVENT
C —CH
SOLUBILITY
3
1
Water
CH
0%
3
Acetone
28.3%
Ethyl Acetate
32.7%
Alcohol
26.4%
Benzene
1.4%
A v a i l a b l e in 5 0 - a n d 1 0 0 - p o u n d drums. manufacturers have long searched ^ for a monomer stabilizer which is effective at storage temperatures but which is easily deactivated when polymerization is desired. 2,5-Ditertiary Butyl Hydroquinone offers an answer to this problem. In the presence of peroxides or oxygen at polymerization temperatures, it is converted
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ESIN
TENNESSEE
to 2,5-Ditertiary Butyl Quinone. For vegetable oils, the latter product is a polymerization catalyst. For styrene and other vinyls, the Quinone has no appreciable depressing effect on the polymerization rate. For economical removal of stabilizer before polymerization, try 2,5-Ditertiary Butyl Hydroquinone.
EASTMAN
CORPORATION
(Subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company) KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE VOLUME
2 6,
NO
19
MAY
10, 1 9 4 8
1407
