Active Ingredient History

Etohexadiol (or ethohexadiol) is an ectoparasiticide. It is a liquid aliphatic alcohol, EHD is widely used industrially, commercially and domestically for purposes that include a component of cosmetic formulations, in certain medicinal products, as a solvent, a chelating agent, a reactive diol, an intermediate and formerly an insect repellent. Etohexadiol, also known as Rutgers 612 or "6-12 repellent," discontinued in the US in 1991 due to evidence of causing developmental defects in animals.   NCATS

  • SMILES: CCCC(O)C(CC)CO
  • InChIKey: RWLALWYNXFYRGW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Mol. Mass: 146.2273
  • ALogP: 1.17
  • ChEMBL Molecule:
More Chemistry
2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol | ethohexadiol | ethohexadiol, (threo)-isomer | ethyl hexanediol | etohexadiol | octylene glycol

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