1,8-Dichlorooctane may be used:as adsorbate to investigate the performance of carbonaceous materials for the adsorption of emerging pollutantsto prepare the C20-backbone of 1,20-substituted eicosanes carrying phosphate headgroups and readily derivatizable thiol, maleimido, and activated carboxylic ester moietiesin the synthesis of planar-chiral imidazolium saltin the preparation of biosensorsin the fabrication of strong polymeric membranes for concentrating amino acids, having applications in food and pharmaceutical industryin the synthesis of perfluorocarbons having biomedical applications
