2,2-Difluoroethanol is used as a chemical intermediates. It has wide applications in medicine and fluoropolymers.
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Applications
2,2-Difluoroethanol is used as a chemical intermediates. It has wide applications in medicine and fluoropolymers.
Solubility
soluble in chloroform, ethanol.
Notes
Store in cool, dry place in tightly closed containers. Store away from strong oxidizing agents, acids.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Matti Perttilä. Vibrational spectra and normal coordinate analysis of 2,2-difluoroethanol and 2,2-dichloroethanol. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy. 1979, 35 (1), 37-44.
- R. Malhotra; L. A. Woolf. Thermodynamic properties of liquid 2,2-difluoroethanol. International Journal of Thermophysics. 1995, 16 (4), 901-908.
- Precursor of a monofluoro acyl anion equivalent; compare 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol, A10788: Synlett, 503 (1994).