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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C6H14O4
Molecular Weight 150.173
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL

SMILES

OCCOCCOCCO

InChI

InChIKey=ZIBGPFATKBEMQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C6H14O4/c7-1-3-9-5-6-10-4-2-8/h7-8H,1-6H2

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Description

Triethylene glycol is used in the vapor state as an air-sterilizing agent, toxic to bacteria, fungi and viruses in low concentrations in air. It is used in cosmetics as a fragrance ingredient and as a viscosity-decreasing agent. Commercially available triethylene glycol increased non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice in a dose-dependent manner. These results clearly demonstrated that triethylene glycol could potentially be useful for insomnia therapy. Triethylene glycol is used for occasional constipation and other conditions.

Approval Year

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown
Primary
Unknown

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
10–30 mg/mouse
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Significant killing effects of Triethylene glycol vapor in low concentrations (1:100,000,000 or lower) at relative humidities between 42 and 62 per cent, but not at 15 per cent or at 79 per cent were reported at dynamic cloud of Salmonella pullorum.