Isopropyl alcohol properties

Isopropyl alcohol is prepared from petroleum by hydration of propene With a boil mg point of 82°C isopropyl alcohol evaporates quickly from the skin producing a cool mg effect Often containing dissolved oils and fragrances it is the major component of rubbing alcohol Isopropyl alcohol possesses weak antibacterial properties and is used to maintain medical instruments m a sterile condition and to clean the skin before minor surgery... 

The alcohols, proprietary denatured ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol, are commonly used for E-type inks. Many E-type inks benefit from the addition of small amounts of ethyl acetate, MEK, or normal propyl acetate to the solvent blends. Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents are used for M-type inks. Polystyrene resins are used to reduce the cost of top lacquers. T-type inks are also reduced with aromatic hydrocarbons. Acryflc resins are used to achieve specific properties for V-type inks. Vehicles containing vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate copolymer resins make up the vinyl ink category. Ketones are commonly used solvents for these inks. 

In addition to the solvent soluble toners, alkah water-soluble toners have been produced. These types include WST produced by Day-Glo and Aquabest produced by Radiant Color. These toners are dissolved ia water which contains a portion of ammonia and, if necessary, some isopropyl alcohol. These toners can be used as binders or additional binders and other additives can be added to give the ink the desired properties. These toners are condensation-type polymers other than the formaldehyde types. 

Physical properties of isopropyl alcohol are characteristic of polar compounds because of the presence of the polar hydroxyl, —OH, group. Isopropyl alcohol is completely miscible ia water and readily soluble ia a number of common organic solvents such as acids, esters, and ketones. It has solubiUty properties similar to those of ethyl alcohol (qv). There is a competition between these two products for many solvent appHcations. Isopropyl alcohol has a slight, pleasant odor resembling a mixture of ethyl alcohol and acetone, but unlike ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol has a bitter, unpotable taste. 

Physical and chemical properties of isopropyl alcohol reflect its secondary hydroxyl functionaHty. For example, its boiling and flash poiats are lower than / -propyl alcohol [71-25-8], whereas its vapor pressure and freezing poiat are significantly higher. Isopropyl alcohol bods only 4°C higher than ethyl alcohol. 

Chemical properties of isopropyl alcohol are determined by its functional hydroxyl group in the secondary position. Except for the production of acetone, most isopropyl alcohol chemistry involves the introduction of the isopropyl or isopropoxy group into other organic molecules by the breaking of the C—OH or the O—H bond in the isopropyl alcohol molecule. 

Physical and Chemical Properties - Physical State at 15 °C and I atm. Liquid Molecular Weight 319 (solute only) Boiling Point at I atm. (isopropyl alcohol) 180, 82.3, 355.5 Freezing Point Not pertinent Critical Temperature Not pertinent Critical Pressure Not pertinent Specific Gravity (approx.) 0.9 at 25°C, (liquid) Vapor (Gas) Specific Gravity Not pertinent Ratio of Specific Heats of Vapor (Gas) Not pertinent Latent Heat of Vaporization Not pertinent Heat of Combustion Not pertinent Heat of Decomposition Not pertinent. 

The objective of this contribution is to investigate catalytic properties of zeolites differing in their channel systems in transformation of aromatics, i.e. toluene alkylation with isopropyl alcohol and toluene disproportionation. In the former case zeolite structure and acidity is related to the toluene conversion, selectivity to p-cymene, sum of cymenes, and isopropyl/n-propyl toluene ratio. In the latter one zeolite properties are... 

There remains little more for the operator to decide. Sometimes, alternative but similar solvent mixtures that have a lower viscosity or higher solute diffusivity could be selected. For example, a n-hexane/methanol mixture might be chosen as an alternative to the more viscous n-heptane/isopropyl alcohol mixture as it has similar elution properties. However, it will be shown later, that if a fully optimized column is employed the viscosity of the mobile phase does not seem to effect the column performance as it is taken into account in the optimization procedure. The operator would, under some circumstances, be free to choose less toxic or less costly solvents for example, in reverse phase chromatography the operator could select methanol/ water solvent mixtures as opposed to acetonitrile/water mixture on the basis of lower cost or less... 

An interesting case of interproduct competition is that of the four original lacquer solvents—ethyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, and butyl acetate. These were once produced mainly by fermentation processes, but today all are also produced by synthesis from petroleum hydrocarbons. Moreover, in the past 30 years solvents have been developed from petroleum sources which are competing successfully with these materials even though the new compounds are not identical in all properties isopropyl alcohol competes with ethyl alcohol methyl isobutyl carbinol and n-propyl alcohol can replace butyl alcohol methyl ethyl ketone to a large extent supplants ethyl acetate and methyl isobutyl ketone can be substituted for butyl acetate. Thus, petroleum aliphatic chemicals have served both by displacement of source and replacement of end product to supplement and to compete with the fermentation solvents. 

Pinacol possesses the unusual property of forming a crystalline hexahydrate, m.p. 45°, and the pinacol is separated in this form from the unreaoted acetone and the isopropyl alcohol. The magnesium is conveniently amalgamated by dissolving mercuric chloride in a portion of the. acetone mercury is then liberated by the reaction ... 

Mix the acetic acid with the isopropyl alcohol and add this to Dow Corning 536 fluid. This concentrate has good shelf stability. To use, dilute with water and apply. One part of the concentrate may be added to 20 parts water for excellent water beading and gloss properties. Apply with a sponge or cloth and rinse with water without drying, or apply and wipe dry with a cloth. 

Other solvents may also be used with similar effects. Isopropyl alcohol has been used for fractionating a polyglucose.72 Examination of the fractions revealed that fractionation according to viscosity and immunological reactivity had occurred.240 The excellent solvent properties of methyl sulfoxide,241 tetramethylene sulfone, pyridine, N, TV-dimethylformamide, and formamide may also prove useful. 

It should be noted that, owing to the nature of molecular Leld analysis, there would be hundreds or thousands of descriptors forthe molecular steric and electrostatic force Lelds (Table 3.5), and it is inconvenient and unnecessary to write down the QSSR equation in a CoMFA study since these descriptors are generated and directly used to predict targeted properties using the same software package. Statistical results forthe Lnal models correlating the mole fraction solubility in isopropyl alcohol with the desired parameters for 60 aromatic and heteroaromatic crystalline compounds are... 

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