Various organic compounds and its information

Class- I year B. Pharm. II Semester Sub: POC-I

Functional Name of
S/No. Structure Uses
Group Compound
1 Paraffins C17H36 As a emollient, Skin
Lubricating Agent, For
Alkanes determining M.P./ B.P.,
Cosmetics, Wax Polishes in
shoes and Vehicles.
2 Ethyl Chloride -Tetraethyl Lead (TEL) is used
as anti-knock in gasoline
additive,
-Its react with aluminium to
use as a precursor of many
polymers compounds,
- Refrigerant,
- Blowing agents for foam
packaging,
-Aerosol spray propellent,
-precursor for styrene
monomers,
-Anaesthetics,
-Treat with cellulose to
produce ethyl cellulose as a
thickening and binding
agents in paints.
3 Chloroform -Its react with HF to get
Monochlorodifluoromethane
Alkyl Halides
is a precursor to produce
Teflon,
-It is used as a solvent for
Fat, oils, rubbers, resins,
alkaloids, Gutta-percha etc.
-It is used as CDCl3 as a
solvent in NMR spectroscopy
-Used in rubber industry,
Grain fumigant and in Fire
extinguishers.
4 Trichloroethylene -Dry cleaning solvent
-To extract vegetable oils
from plants
-In food industries as
flavoring extracts from hops
and spices
-To clean kerosene- fueled
rocket engines
-In industrial refrigeration.
5 Tetrachloroethylene -As a dry cleaning solvent
-Degrease metal parts in
automobile, -Paint strippers
& Spot removers.
6 Dichloromethane -Paint strippers and
Degreaser
-Decaffeinate coffee and tea
-Prepare extract of hops and
other flavoring
- Aerosol spray propellants
-Blowing agents and
Polyurethane foams.
7 Tetrachloromethane It is mainly used as a solvent
in IR and NMR spectroscopy
It is a source of chlorine in
Appel reaction.
It is used as organic non-
polar solvent.
8 Iodoform -It is a source of Iodine,
-In hospitals disinfectants
-It’s a chloroform analogous
9 Ethyl Alcohol CH3CH2OH -As low temp. fluid
-As maintain the feed stock
-As antiseptics
-As Antidote
-As medicinal & Organic
solvent
-Acid secretion is increased
in stomach due to ethanol
-As fuel in automobiles
-As Engine fuel, Gasoline
-As Rocket fuel
-As Alcoholic drink
10 Methyl Alcohol CH3OH -As a feedstock of
manufacturing the chemicals
-As a laboratory solvent
Alcohols
-As a analytical use of
solvent specially in
HPLC/LC/UV-Vis/IR/NMR and
many more analytical
techniques
-As a fuel for vehicles
-As a Energy carrier
11 Chlorobutanol -As a preservative
-As a hypnotics
-As a Sedative
-0.05% with water retain
antimicrobial activity
-As a local anaesthetics
12 Cetosteryl Alcohol CH3(CH2)nCH2OH; -It is commonly used in hair
n=variable, Viz. conditioners and other hair
 14-16 products.
-As a emollient to protect
the skin moist
- As a foam boosting
surfactant
-As a emulsion stabilizer
-As a opacifying agents
-In aq. and non-aq. viscosity
increasing agents
13 Benzyl Alcohol -General solvent used for
inks, waxes, shellac, paints,
lacquers & epoxy coating
resins;
-As a precursor of ester used
in soap, perfume and flavor
industries;
-In Leather, Resins and Dye
Industries;
-Main ingredient in all the
cosmetics preparation;
-As a bacteriostatic
preservatives;
- used in the mfg of
nanowires;
14 Glycerol -As humectants, solvents,
sweetener & to preserve the
food; Cough syrups, Elixir,
Expectorant, Toothpaste,
Mouthwashes & Hair care
products;
-As a antifreeze agent
-As a Suppositories used as
laxatives, e-cigarettes
preparation, Hair gel etc.
15 Propylene Glycol - used as chemical
feedstock for the production
of unsaturated polyester
resins.
- used as a Humectants.
- As preservatives in food
and for Tobaco products.
Used as Pharmaceutical
Solvent such as Diazepam
and Lorazepam are not
dissolved in water.
16 Formaldehyde HCHO -Used as a common
precursor to more complex
compounds and materials
Carbonyl like Resins and many
Compound more.
-Used in Textile industry
-Used in Organic synthetic
 applications.
-Used in Disinfectant and
biocide.
-Used in Tissue fixative,
embalming agent, Drug
testing and Photography.

17 Paraldehyde -Used as Central Nervous

2,4,6-trimethyl- System depressant and
1,3,5-trioxane effective as anticonvulsant,
hypnotic and sedative.
- It was included in some
cough medicines as an
expectorant
-Used as Anti-seizure
-Used in the Parental
preparations.
-It is used in Resins
Manufacture.
18 Acetone -Largely it is used as Solvent
and rest is used as acetone
Cyanohydrin, a precursor to
Methyl Methacrylate.
- used in chemical peeling
-Used in skin cleaner and
excess fat removed in a
process called defatting.
-Acetone as Septisol is
used for that purpose.
19 Chloral Hydrate -Treatment in Insomnia as a
Hypnotics
-Building block in Organic
Synthesis.
20 Hexamine -As a Mandelic acid salt it is
used in the UTI,
-It is used as Histological
stains like fungal organisms.
- Used in the Military Rations
as burns smokeless.
-Used in the food
preservatives, Explosives and
as a regent in Organic
synthesis.
21 Benzaldehyde -It is often used to confer the
Almond Flavor in food
industry.
-As pharmaceutical and
Plastic industry additives.
-It is also employed as a
Honey Bee repellent.
- It is also used as a
Precursor of many medicinal
 compounds.
22 Vaniline
- The largest use is as a
flavoring, usually
in sweet foods. The Ice
cream and Chocolate
together comprise 75% and
in small % is for
confectionary and baked
goods
-It is also used in the
fragrance industry,
in perfumes and to mask
unpleasant odors or tastes
in medicines.
-It is used as
livestock fodder, and
cleaning products.
-Can be used as a general-
purpose stain for
developing TLC plates to
aid in visualizing
components
23 Cinnamaldehyde -As a Flavoring in Chewing
gum, Candy, Ice-cream and
Beverages.
-Used as Food Adulterants
-It is also used as Fungicide.
-It is also used Corrosion
inhibitor in Steel and other
ferrous alloys.
-Used in the anti-obesity
drug in the mice.
24 Acetic Acid CH3COOH -It is largely used to produce
Vinyl Acetate monomers; it
is used as Vinegar for
Condiments and pickling the
vegetables.
-Production of Acetic
anhydride.
- Its injection is used to treat
the Cancer and screening for
Carboxylic
the cervical Cancer.
Acid
-WHO declared the main
drug for the Otitis externa.

25 Lactic Acid -Used in the Exercise lactate

-As Brain Metabolism, Food
Industries, Blood testing,
Polymer precursor,
Pharmaceutical and
Cosmetic applications,
 Detergents.
26 Tartaric Acid -Mainly it is used in Wines,
- Tartaric acid also has
several applications for
industrial use.
-It is used to chelate metal
ions. Therefore, it has
served in the farming and
metal industries as a
chelating agent for
complexing micronutrients
in soil.
- It can also employed in
Cough and Expectorant
27 Citric Acid -It is largely used in the Food
and Beverages Industries.
It is also employed as
cleansing and chelating the
metals.
-In Cosmetics,
Pharmaceuticals, Dietary
Supplements.
-Can be used to develop the
photographic film
28 Succinic Acid -It is used as precursor of
many polymers like
polysters, Resins and
Solvents.
-As an Acidity regulators in
food and beverages industry
-It is used as Excipient in
many drugs.
-Act as Flavoring agents
-Active role in Inflammation,
Tumorigenesis and Ischemia
Re-perfusion injury.
29 Oxalic Acid -Act as Mordant in Dyeing
process, It is also used as
Bleaches
-It is basically used as Rust-
removing agents
-Its clean the marble
Sculpture, Iron and
Mangnese deposit.
30 Salicylic Acid -It is used as a food
preservative, a bactericidal
and an antiseptic.
It is famous to synthesize
the Aspirin molecule by the
acetylation on Salicylic acid.
-Used as a painkiller as
methyl salicylates.
31 Benzoic Acid -Used as Nylon Synthesis
-Precursor of Plasticizers
- Precursor of Sodium
Benzoate which is a major
Food preservative
-It is used as Whitfield
Ointment which is cured a
variety of Fungal Infection
-It is also employed as
Analgesic, Expectoant and
Antiseptic.
-It is commonly used for the
calibration of Thermometre.
32 Benzyl Benzoate -It is commonly employed in
human Scabies
-In Asthama and Whooping
cough, it is used as
Vasodialating and
Spasmolytic.
It is also used in veterinary
scabies.
-As mosquitoes repellent
and used in the perfume
industries
33 Dimethyl phthalate -It is used as an insect
repellent for mosquitoes
and flies. It is also
an ectoparasiticide and has
many other uses, including
in solid rocket propellants,
and plastics.
34 Methyl Salicylate
-It is used in high concn. in
Rubefacient & Analgesic to
treat joint and muscular
pain.
-stronger for acute pain
than chronic pain, and that
effectiveness may be due
entirely to counter-irritation.
-It is used
as flavoring agent
in chewing gum and mints.
- It provides fragrance to
various products and as an
odor-masking agent.
-It is used in small amounts,
to lower the freezing point
of glacial acetic acid for
transport.
 35 Acetyl Salicylic Acid -It is mainly employed for
the Headache, Pain, Fever,
(Aspirin_ Dispirin) Inflammation, Heart attacks
and Strokes, Cancer
Prevention, Acute Rheumatic
Fever.
36 Ethanolamine It is used in the pH
regulators in cosmetics
-For the preparation of
Emulsion
-It is also used in the
Hemorrhoids.
37 Ethylenediamine -It’s basically a Chelating
agent as EDTA
- It is commercially
employed as many
Fungicides.
-It’s a ingredient of
Aliphatic
Bronchodialator drug, used
Amines
in the Antihistaminics
-It is also employed in the
role of Polymers
-Used as a Solvent with polar
compounds
EDDI used as Animal feed as
a source of Iodine.
38 Amphetamine -It’s a potent CNS Stimulant
for Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD), Depression, Chronic
pain etc.