Description
2,4-Diaminophenoxyethanol hydrochloride: a widely used intermediate.
2,4-Diaminophenoxyethanol hydrochloride is used mainly as a hair dye or pharmaceutical intermediate. The compound can be condensed with ethylene glycol under alkaline conditions with 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene as the main raw material, then hydrogenated, and finally reacted with hydrochloric acid to obtain 2,4-diaminophenoxyethanol hydrochloride.
References
[1] Shahin MM, et al. Mutagenic evaluation of the hair-dye component 2,4-diaminophenoxyethanol in Salmonella typhimurium/microsome plate test and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains D4 and XV185-14C. Mutat Res. 1982 Dec;102(4):319-29. DOI:
10.1016/0165-1218(82)90094-5