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Book/Book Chapter 
Encyclopedia 
2-Ethylhexanol 
Bahrmann, H; Hahn HD; Mayer, D 
2012 
Yes 
Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. 
Hoboken, NJ 
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 
A 10 
579-584 
English 
2-Ethylhexanol (2-ethyl-1-hexanol) [104-76-7], C8H18O, Mr130.23, ranks after the lighter alcohols (methanol to butanol) as the most important synthetic alcohol (see also ! Alcohols, Aliphatic) [1–3]. Approximately 2106 t/a are produced worldwide. 2-Ethylhexanol is mainly used as the alcohol component for the manufacture of ester plasticizers for soft poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and has been produced for this purpose since the mid-1930s. 
5th 
Gerhartz, W 
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