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Benzene Derivatives
Cumene, Phenol-Acetone-AMS, Caprolactam, Cyclohexanone, Bisphenol A
Benzene, also known as benzol, is an organic chemical compound with the formula C6H6. It is often abbreviated PhH.

Benzene is a colorless and flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It is a carcinogen. Benzene is no longer used as an additive in gasoline, but it is an important industrial solvent and precursor in the production of drugs, plastics, synthetic rubber, and dyes. Benzene is a natural constituent of crude oil, but it is usually synthesized from other compounds present in petroleum.
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Aromatics & Derivatives
Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Orthoxylene, Paraxylene
The key aromatic hydrocarbons of commercial interest are benzene, toluene, ortho-xylene and para-xylene. About 35 million tonnes are produced worldwide every year. They are extracted from complex mixtures obtained by the refining of oil or by distillation of coal tar, and are used to produce a range of important chemicals and polymers, including styrene, phenol, aniline, polyester and nylon.
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Propylene & Derivatives
Propylene, Nonene, MMA
Propylene, also known by its IUPAC name propene, is an organic compound having the chemical formula C3H6. It is the second simplest member of the alkene class of hydrocarbons, ethylene (ethene) being the simplest. At room temperature and pressure, propylene is a gas.

It is found in coal gas and can be synthesized by cracking petroleum. Propylene is a major commodity in the petrochemicals industry. The main use of propylene is as a monomer, mostly for the production of polypropylene.
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Industrial Products
Oxo Alcohols, Acetic Acid/Esters
Acetic Acid

Acetic acid is one of the simplest carboxylic acids. It is an important chemical reagent and industrial chemical that is used in the production of polyethylene therephthalate mainly in soft drink bottles; cellulose acetate, mainly for photographic film; and polyvinyl acetate for wood glue, as well as many synthetic fibres and fabrics. In households diluted acetic acid is often used in descaling agents. In the food industry acetic acid is used under the food additive code E260 as an acidity regulator.

Phtalic Anhydride

Plasticizers for plastics are additives, most commonly phthalates, that give hard plastics like PVC the desired flexibility and durability. They are often based on esters of polycarboxylic acids with linear or branched aliphatic alcohols of moderate chain length. Plasticizers work by embedding themselves between the chains of polymers, space them apart (increasing of the "free volume"), and thus significantly lowering the glass transition temperature for the plastic and making it softer. Some plasticizers evaporate and tend to concentrate in an enclosed space; the "new car smell" is caused mostly by plasticizers evaporating from the car interior.

Phthalic anhydride is the anhydride of phthalic acid. It dissolves in alcohol and some other organic solvents. Phthalic anhydride is obtained either by catalytic oxidation of ortho-xylene with O2 (oxygen)or by catalytic oxidation of naphthalene. It is hydrolyzed by hot water, forming ortho-phthalic acid. Phthalic anhydride is widely used in industry in the production of dyes (rhodamine, anthraquinone derivatives), insecticides, plasticizers, in pharmacy, in analytic chemistry, etc.
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Chlor-Alkali
Caustic Soda, Chlorine Derivatives/EDC
Caustic Soda

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye (USA) or caustic soda, is a caustic metallic base. It is widely used in industry, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking water, and detergents. Sodium hydroxide is also the most common base used in chemical laboratories.

EDC

The chemical compound 1,2-dichloroethane, commonly known by its old name of ethylene dichloride (EDC), is a chlorinated hydrocarbon, mainly used to produce vinyl chloride monomer (VCM, chloroethene), the major precursor for PVC production. 1,2-Dichloroethane is also used generally as an intermediate for other organic chemical compounds, and as a solvent.
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Glycols
MEG, DEG, TEG
GLYCOL is dihydric alcohol in which the two hydroxyl groups are bonded to different carbon atoms; the general formula for a glycol is (CH 2 ) n (OH) 2 .

The most important glycol is the simplest, ethylene glycol, or 1,2-ethanediol, CH 2 OHCH 2 OH, a slightly sweet-tasting, somewhat viscous liquid that is miscible with water. Because of its low volatility (b.p. 197°C) and low corrosive activity, it is widely used in mixtures of automobile antifreeze. Ethylene glycol can be esterified to form polyesters and can be nitrated to form an explosive used in mining. It is prepared commercially by oxidation of ethylene at high temperature over a silver oxide catalyst, followed by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the ethylene oxide that is formed.
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