18-alcohol (stearyl alcohol) appears as a white flake or granular solid, fragrant, insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol, ether, benzene, and chloroform . It can be obtained by hydrolysis of pilot whale oil, hydrogenation of stearic acid under the catalysis of copper chromate, or reduction of ethyl stearate with saturated ethanol. It can also be obtained by controlling the polymerization reaction of ethylene under the action of alkyl aluminum, and then obtain the heptadecene fraction through oxo synthesis.
18-alcohol is widely used in daily chemicals, textiles, printing and dyeing and other industries. raw materials for agents, emulsifiers and various additives. The specific uses are as follows:
1.18 alcohol can be used instead of cetyl alcohol, such as in pharmaceuticals As dispersant.
2. Used as the base material (emulsifier) for creams and lotions in cosmetics.
3. Used as rice field insulation agent, water surface covering agent, defoaming agent, polishing agent, lubricant, Raw materials for flotation agents, softeners (pharmaceutical ointments) and couplers for color films, antioxidants, octadecyl tertiary amine, and octadecyl ester.
4. Can be used to produce surfactants (Pingpingjia) (18-16 alcohol can be used instead), Synthetic resin and synthetic rubber, color film couplers, etc.
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