1,4-Dichlorobenzene, is used as moth repellant, air fresheners and toilet blocks and general deodorant for garbage and restrom as well as to control fruit borers and ants, may be applied to tobacco seed beds for blue mold control. It is also used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. 1,4-dichlorobenzene is as a used as a minor processing aid in the production of grinding wheels.
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Applications
1,4-Dichlorobenzene, is used as moth repellant, air fresheners and toilet blocks and general deodorant for garbage and restrom as well as to control fruit borers and ants, may be applied to tobacco seed beds for blue mold control. It is also used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. 1,4-dichlorobenzene is as a used as a minor processing aid in the production of grinding wheels.
Solubility
It is insoluble in water.
Notes
Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, aluminum and its alloys, some plastics.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- M Charbonneau.; J Strasser.; EA Lock.; MJ Turner. Involvement of reversible binding to α 2u-globulin in 1, 4-dichlorobenzene-induced nephrotoxicity. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 1989, 99, (1), 122-132.
- RR Jones.; RG Bergman. p-Benzyne. Generation as an intermediate in a thermal isomerization reaction and trapping evidence for the 1, 4-benzenediyl structure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, (2), 660-661.