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diethylene glycol
Sign in to saveAlso known as diglycol, dihydroxy diethyl ether, DEG, beta,beta'-dihydroxydiethyl ether, 2,2'-dihydroxydiethyl ether, bis(beta-hydroxyethyl) ether, 2,2'-oxybisethanol, bis(2-hydroxyethyl) ether
chemical compound
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Vinony's link graph records 103 inbound references to diethylene glycol, and connects out to The New York Times, organic compound and antitussive.
It sits within the topics Adulteration, Alcohol solvents and Chembox having GHS data.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H10O3
- Molecular weight
- 106.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethanol
- SMILES
- C(COCCO)O
- InChIKey
- MTHSVFCYNBDYFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.3
- Polar surface area
- 49.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Diethylene glycol
- melting point
- -10.45
- canonical SMILES
- C(COCCO)O
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₀O₃
- boiling point
- 245.8
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Encyclopedic overview
Diethylene glycol (DEG) is an organic compound with the formula (HOCH2CH2)2O. It is a colorless, practically odorless, and hygroscopic liquid with a sweetish taste. It is a four-carbon dimer of ethylene glycol. It is miscible in water, alcohol, ether, acetone, and ethylene glycol. DEG is a widely used solvent. It can be a normal ingredient in various consumer products, and it can be a contaminant. DEG has also been misused to sweeten wine and beer, and to viscosify oral and topical pharmaceutical products. Its use has resulted in many epidemics of poisoning since the early 20th century.
Preparation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “diethylene glycol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.