Cyclohexylbenzene is used as a high boiling point solvent. It finds application as a penetrant used in plastics, painting, and adhesives. It acts as an additive for lithium-ion battery electrolyte to enhance the battery safety. It is used to prepare intermediates such as phenol and cyclohexanone. Further, it is used in the preparation of liquid crystal display (LCD) material intermediate 4-ethyl cyclohexyl benzoic acid.
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Applications
Cyclohexylbenzene is used as a high boiling point solvent. It finds application as a penetrant used in plastics, painting, and adhesives. It acts as an additive for lithium-ion battery electrolyte to enhance the battery safety. It is used to prepare intermediates such as phenol and cyclohexanone. Further, it is used in the preparation of liquid crystal display (LCD) material intermediate 4-ethyl cyclohexyl benzoic acid.
Solubility
Immiscible with water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Huirache-Acuna, R.; Alonso-Núñez, G.; Paraguay-Delgado, F.; Lara-Romero, J.; Berhault, G.; Rivera-Muñoz, E. M. Unsupported trimetallic CoMoW sulfide HDS catalysts prepared by in situ decomposition of sulfur-containing precursors. Catal. Today 2015, 250, 28-37.
- Schultz, C.; Kraft, V.; Pyschik, M.; Weber, S.; Schappacher, F.; Winter, M.; Nowak, S. Separation and Quantification of Organic Electrolyte Components in Lithium-Ion Batteries via a Developed HPLC Method. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, 162 (4), A629-A634.