1.2- Dihydroxybenzene-4-sulfonic acid

Minor Uses. Small amounts of benzene find use in production of benzene-sulfonic acid. y -Benzenedisulfonic acid is used to produce resorcinol [108-46-3] (1,3-dihydroxybenzene). Benzene is thermally dimerized to yield biphenyl [92-52-4] Benzene can also be converted... 

Minor Uses. Small amounts of benzene find use in production of benzene-sulfonic acid. ///- B enz ene dis ulfonic acid is used to produce resorcinol [108-46-3], C6H602, (1,3-dihydroxybenzene). Benzene is thermally dimerized to yield biphenyl [92-52-4], C12H10. Benzene can also be converted into />-diisopropylbenzene [100-18-5], C12H18, which is oxidized to hydroquinone (1,4-dihydroxybenzene), a useful antioxidant. Because of its well-recognized toxicity, litde benzene is employed for solvent purposes, and then only when no suitable substitutes are available. 

Several metals, including iron, copper and tin, can fog emulsions. Emulsions can be partly stabilized by sequestering these metallic species with suitable ligands. Catechol derivatives are reported to be helpful in preventing fog from this source. Examples include 1,2-dihydroxy-benzene-4-sulfonic acid (sodium salt) and l,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonic acid (disodium salt).37... 

Intorre and Martell (237) have also studied the formation of mixed chelate species in which the zirconium 1 1 complex with the hexa-dentate chelating ligands, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, iV-hydroxy-ethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, and m7 s-cyclohexanediaminetetra-acetic acid, are shown to take up one mole of the bidentate ligands, l,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonate l,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonate 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate, and acetylacetone (except ZrHEDTA), to form 8-coordinate 1 1 1 species. At least for the zir-conium-EDTA-l,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonate species, there is evidence for dimerization (230). Additionally, the Zr EDTA complex reacts with one mole of the bidentate ligands, 5-sulfosalicyclic acid, alizarin sulfonate, citric acid, and lactic acid to form 1 1 1 complexes tartaric acid and pyrophosphate ions form complexes which could not be identified. The zirconium-nitriloacetic acid complex in the presence of two moles of oxalic acid or l,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-sulfonate also forms 1 1 1 complexes in solution. 

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