What is ethylene glycol?

1 Answer
Jan 5, 2016

Ethylene glycol is the old-fashioned name for 1,2-ethanediol.

Explanation:

So ethylene glycol is simply #HOCH_2CH_2OH#. This is a commodity chemical that is extensively used in manufacture.

With respect to ethanol, would you predict that ethylene glycol has a higher boiling point?