Structure of DEG and Related Polyols
Diethylene glycol is one of several glycols derived from ethylene oxide. Glycols related to and coproduced with diethylene glycol and have the formula HOCH2CH2(OCH2CH2)nOH are:
- n = 0 ethylene glycol ("antifreeze"); monoethylene glycol MEG
- n = 1 DEG
- n = 2 triethylene glycol, TEG, or triglycol
- n = 3 tetraethylene glycol
- n = 4 pentaethylene glycol
- n > 4 polyethylene glycol
These compounds are all hydrophilic, more so than most diols, by virtue of the ether functionality.
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