3,5-Dimethylphenol finds application as adhesives, sealant chemicals, plating and surface treating agents. It is also used as a solvent for cleaning or degreasing. Further, it is employed as a chemical intermediate for antioxidants, phenolic resins, active pharmaceutical ingredients and metaxalone (muscle relaxant).
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Applications
3,5-Dimethylphenol finds application as adhesives, sealant chemicals, plating and surface treating agents. It is also used as a solvent for cleaning or degreasing. Further, it is employed as a chemical intermediate for antioxidants, phenolic resins, active pharmaceutical ingredients and metaxalone (muscle relaxant).
Solubility
Soluble in ethyl alcohol, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, chloroform, water and ether.
Notes
Incompatible with bases, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, oxidizing agents, brass and copper.
RUO – Research Use Only
Reaction of 3 moles of the phenol with sodium borohydride produces the tris(aryloxy) borohydride, a reducing agent of enhanced selectivity which will reduce aldehydes in the presence of ketones: Chem. Lett., 461 (1981).
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Schultze-Nobre, L.; Wiessner, A.; Wang, D.; Bartsch, C.; Kappelmeyer, U.; Paschke, H.; Mattusch, J.; Kuschk, P. Removal of dimethylphenols from an artificial wastewater in a laboratory-scale wetland system planted with Juncus effusus. Ecol. Eng. 2015, 80, 151-155.