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China and the United States are the leading exporters of 2-Methoxyethanol (CAS 109-86-4), together accounting for over half of global export value in recent years, while Germany, South Korea, and India rank among the top importers. Import volumes into the European Union and Southeast Asia have risen steadily since 2022, coinciding with moderate upward pressure on 2-Methoxyethanol prices amid tightening supply chains and increased demand from electronics and coating industries.
2-Methoxyethanol is a clear, colorless, moderately volatile liquid with a mild, ether-like odor. It is an organic chemical classified as a glycol ether, featuring both ether and primary alcohol functional groups. It has a boiling point of 124–125 °C and is fully miscible with water and many organic solvents. Primarily used as a solvent and chemical intermediate, it serves in the formulation of coatings, inks, and cleaning agents, and as a building block in the synthesis of esters (e.g., 2-methoxyethyl acetate) and specialty chemicals for electronics and agrochemical applications.
Solvent; jet fuel anti-icing additive; in the semiconductor industry in manufacture of printed circuit boards.
2-Methoxyethanol is a colorless liquid with a slight ethereal odor. The Odor Threshold is 0.92.3 ppm. It is miscible with water and with aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It is a solvent for essential oils, lignin, dammar, Elemi Essential Oil, ester gum, kauri, mastic, rosin, sandarac resin, shellac, Zanzibar, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, alcohol-soluble dyes and many synthetic resins. Its solvency far cellulose esters is augmented when a ketone or a halogenated hydrocarbon i s added. The uses for 2-Methoxyethanol are as a solvent in quick-drying varnishes and enamels, in conjunction with aliphatic, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols and ketones; in solvent mixtures and thinners for lacquers and dopes; in the manufacture of synthetic resin plasticizers and as a penetrating and leveling agent in dyeing processes, especially in the dyeing of leather, animal and vegetable fibers. Other uses are as o fixative in perfumes and as a solvent in odorless nail-polish lacquers. 2-Methoxyethanol should not be added to nitrocellulose lacquers containing coumarone resins or ester gum because it will cause incompatibility between these substances.
This chemical is included in Fine Chemicals. See more about what is 2-Methoxyethanol and 2-Methoxyethanol SDS information.
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