Isoctanoic acid, also known as 2-ethylcaproic acid, molecular formula C8H16O2, the appearance of colorless liquid, slightly smelly. Isoctanoic acid is slightly soluble in cold water, ethanol, soluble in hot water, diethyl ether, toxic, corrosive, easy to burn, in the case of open fire, high heat can burn, if there is a danger of explosion in closed containers, can react with oxidants. Isoctanoic acid is a new chemical raw material.

Isoctanoic acid is prepared by many methods, including butanaldehyde condensation dehydration method, isoctanol oxidation method, ethyl hexanol oxidation method, ethyl hexenal oxidation method, ethyl hexanol catalytic dehydrogenation esterification method. Among them, butyric aldehyde condensation and dehydration method is based on butyric aldehyde as raw material, first through condensation dehydration reaction, then hydrogenation, oxidation reaction to make products. The reaction is continuous, can achieve large-scale production. It is the main production process adopted by our country and the global isoctanoic acid industry, production capacity in the total global production capacity is about 85%.

Isoctanoic acid is widely used, can be used to prepare isoctanoic acid, used as a drying agent, used in paint, paint, ink and other industries, compared with the traditional naphthenate drying agent, isoctanoic acid drying agent performance advantage is obvious, is gradually replacing naphthenate drying agent, demand is growing; Isoctanoic acid can be used as modifier, catalyst, stabilizer, plasticizer, etc., for resin, plastic, lubricating oil production; In addition, isoctanoic acid can also be used in medicine, spices, dyes, fungicides, cosmetics and other product production fields.

According to the "2021-2025 isoctanoic acid industry in-depth market research and investment strategy recommendations report" released by the new World Industry Research Center, shows that in China, the field of paint, paint, ink drying agent is the largest downstream market of isoctanoic acid, benefiting from the continuous improvement of customers' requirements for the comprehensive performance of paint, paint, ink, The demand for iso-octanoic acid application in this field increases rapidly, which pushes the overall demand for iso-octanoic acid market to rise constantly. From 2015 to 2020, the compound annual growth rate of market demand for isoctanoic acid in China reached 18.5%, and the market demand in 2020 was about 60,000 tons. Under this background, our isoctanoic acid industry scale has been expanding.

There are more than 10 isoctanoic acid production enterprises in our country, the production scale is generally small, product quality and quality stability is weak, mainly concentrated in the low-end market competition, high-end demand also need to rely on imports. Under the background of high-end development of China's paint, paint, ink and other industries, the demand for high-end iso-octanoic acid is rising, so the structure of iso-octanoic acid industry needs to be optimized. Isoctanoic ACID PRODUCERS WITH GOOD QUALITY IN OUR COUNTRY MAINLY INCLUDE SHENYANG ZhangMING CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., DANCHENG COUNTY KAIJIE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Etc.

Xinsi industry analysts said that isoctanoic acid is a small market of chemical products, isoctanoic acid as a drying agent has excellent performance, the application proportion is increasing, so the demand for isoctanoic acid is growing rapidly. Driven by demand, the scale of isoctanoic acid industry in China is constantly expanding, but the number of enterprises with large production scale is small, the industry pattern is scattered, the product quality is low, and the demand for high-end products is highly dependent on external countries. In the future development, the structure of Chinese isoctanoic acid industry needs to be constantly optimized to meet the demand of domestic market.