Plasticizers propylene glycol

A polyester-type fluorescent resin matrix (22) is made by heating trimellitic anhydride, propylene glycol, and phthaUc anhydride with catalytic amounts of sulfuric acid. Addition of Rhodamine BDC gives a bright bluish red fluorescent pigment soluble in DME and methanol. It has a softening point of 118°C. Exceptional heat resistance and color brilliance are claimed for products of this type, which are useful for coloring plastics. 

A Comparison of Ethylene Glycol with Propylene Glycol, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., Inc., Danbury, Conn., 1989. 

Fatty acids, both saturated and unsaturated, have found a variety of applications. Brassilic acid (1,11-un-decanedicarboxylic acid [BA]), an important monomer used in many polymer applications, is prepared from erucic acid (Scheme 2), obtained from rapeseed and crambe abyssinica oils by ozonolysis and oxidative cleavage [127]. For example, an oligomer of BA with 1,3-butane diol-lauric acid system is an effective plasticizer for polyvinylchloride. Polyester-based polyurethane elastomers are prepared from BA by condensing with ethylene glycol-propylene glycol. Polyamides based on BA are known to impart moisture resistance. 

Uses. Polyester resins use up about 60% of the propylene glycol (and most of the dipropylene glycol) manufactured. The remainder is used as a tobacco and cosmetic humectant. (a chemical that keeps moisture around), automotive antifreeze and brake fluid ingredients, food additive, and plasticizers for various resins, and making nonionic detergents and coatings. Propylene glycol is an excellent solvent. 

Several polymer-related uses of brassylic acid (BA) have been investigated. For example, a BA/l,3-butanediol/lauric acid oligomer is an effective plasticizer for poljrvinyl chloride,[6] BA/ethylene glycol and BA/propylene glycol polymers function as polyester based polyurethane elastomers,[7] and BA has been patented as a cross-linker for glycidyl methacrylate copolymer powder coatings.[8] However, the most detailed studies have involved polyamides selected data from these studies are summarized in Table I. 

Selective modification of polyols such as ethylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, or glycerol with butadiene (1) has been studied [7-10]. The monosubstituted compounds are preferred due to their potential applications as surfactants, PVC plasticizers, or even in cosmetics. The telomerization of 1 with ethylene glycol yields a complex mixture including linear and branched mono- and ditelomers, as well as 1,3,7-octatriene and vinyl cyclohexene (Fig. 2) [11]. 

Propylene glycol is used extensively in topical preparations because it is an excellent vehicle for organic compounds. It has been used alone as a keratolytic agent in 40-70% concentrations, with plastic occlusion, or in gel with 6% salicylic acid. 

In the manufacture of unsaturated polyester resins the polyester is synthesized and then diluted with a vinyl reactive monomer such as styrene (see POLYESTERS, UNSATURATED). A portion of the dibasic acid of the polyester is maleic or some other vinyl reactive diacid that can be polymerized with the styrene to yield a highly cross-linked, high performance polymer system. Other esters made with propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, and tripropylene glycol are used as emulsifiers in foods, as plasticizers in polymer systems, and as part of acrylate resin systems. 

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