What are propylene oxide glycol ethers and acetates?
Propylene oxide glycol ethers are extremely good solvents having a bifunctional nature (ether-alcohol). Due to their miscibility with both polar and non-polar substances they are often used as coupling agents in, for example, water-based paints. Glycol ether acetates are clear liquids that often have a pleasant, fruity odour. Methyl PROXITOL* acetate is widely used in the surface coatings industry as a solvent and to regulate flow and coalescence. The Shell Chemicals range of propylene oxide glycol ethers and acetates is sold under the trade name PROXITOL. So Methyl PROXITOL and Methyl DIPROXITOL* are our names for the monomethyl ether of propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol respectively. Methyl PROXITOL is sometimes called MP or PM.
