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Dowtherm® A

eutectic mixture of 26.5% diphenyl + 73.5% diphenyl oxide

Synonym(s):

Diphyl

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MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

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Quality Level

refractive index

n20/D 1.590

mp

12-14 °C (lit.)

functional group

phenoxy
phenyl

SMILES string

c1ccc(cc1)-c2ccccc2.O(c3ccccc3)c4ccccc4

InChI

1S/C12H10O.C12H10/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)13-12-9-5-2-6-10-12;1-3-7-11(8-4-1)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H;1-10H

InChI key

MHCVCKDNQYMGEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Dowtherm® A is a thermally stable organic heat transfer fluid composed of a eutectic mixture of highly stable compounds, biphenyl, and diphenyl oxide. Dowtherm® A is suitable for high-temperature heat transfer applications up to 400 °C. This fluid can be used in both liquid and vapor phase systems.

Application

Dowtherm® A can be used as a high boiling solvent in cyclization reactions. For example, it is used to synthesize:      
  • 1-Hydroxy-5-methoxy-1,2-dihydrobenzo[f][2,7]naphthyridines from 2-chloro-3-formyl quinolines.[1]     
  • Isoindolinone derivatives via intramolecular Diels–Alder cycloaddition reactions of substituted pyridazines.[2]
  • Phosphorylated azaheterocycles from 2-diethoxyphosphoryl-3-methoxyacrylate via intramolecular cyclizations under thermal conditions.[3]

Legal Information

DOWTHERM is a registered trademark of The Dow Chemical Company or an affiliated company of Dow

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

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Respiratory system

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

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WGK 2

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Not applicable

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Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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V M Sheĭbak et al.
Gigiena i sanitariia, (4)(4), 81-82 (2008-12-23)
Experiments on rats were carried out to study the effect of dinil on the animals on chronic intake of the agent in the quantities exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations by many times. Despite few biochemical changes, there was a certain
Efficient synthesis of phosphorylated ortho-fused azaheterocycles
Modranka J and Janecki T
Tetrahedron, 67(49), 9595-9601 (2011)
F O Dorgelo et al.
International archives of occupational and environmental health, 56(2), 129-134 (1985-01-01)
A study was carried out in a nylon producing plant to determine exposure to Dowtherm A from frequently occurring leaks in the heating system. The daily exposure to both diphenyl and diphenylether of 20 workers was determined over seven consecutive
[2 cases of acute dinil poisoning].
A N Kapustina et al.
Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevaniia, (3)(3), 50-51 (1983-03-01)
Hongwei Yao et al.
Zhonghua lao dong wei sheng zhi ye bing za zhi = Zhonghua laodong weisheng zhiyebing zazhi = Chinese journal of industrial hygiene and occupational diseases, 20(1), 5-9 (2003-12-26)
To study injury of liver and kidney among the workers exposed to terephthalic acid(TPA), ethylene glycol(EG) and(or) dowtherm A(DOW), and research for early biological monitoring indexes. By using the method of occupational epidemiology, an investigation of industrial hygiene in a

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