Principal Properties :
Clear, Almost Colourless, Viscous Liquid.
Mild Odour, Insoluble in water, Readily
Soluble in Organic Solvents.
Application : Versatile
Plasticizer, Used in Plasticizing Poly Vinyl
Chloride (PVC)
Binder in Paints, Pigmented and Unpigmented
Lacquers and for Grinding Pigments.
Derivation : Esterification
of Phthalic Anhydride and 2-Ethyl Hexanol.
Solubility : Alcohol,
Ketones, Halogenated hydrocarbons, Aromatic
hydrocarbons.