Organic Chemical Manufacturing

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cyclic organic crudes and intermediates, as well as organic dyes and pigments. Key products in this industry include aromatic chemicals such as benzene, toluene, mixed xylenes, and naphthalene, along with synthetic organic dyes and synthetic organic pigments. Sample business functions include synthetic acid dyes, coal tar acids derived from coal tar distillation, mixed alkylated diphenylamines, mixed alkylated phenols, aminoanthraquinone, aminoazobenzene, aminoazotoluene, aminophenol, aniline, and aniline oil.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic chemicals not elsewhere classified. This includes a wide range of products such as aliphatic and other acyclic organic chemicals like ethylene, butylene and butadiene, acids and their metallic salts including acetic, chloroacetic, adipic, formic, oxalic and tartaric acids, and compounds such as chloral, formaldehyde and methylamine. These establishments also produce solvents including amyl, butyl and ethyl alcohols, methanol, acetates, ethyl ether, glycol ethers, acetone, carbon disulfide and chlorinated solvents like carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene. Other key products include polyhydric alcohols such as ethylene glycol, sorbitol, pentaerythritol and synthetic glycerin, as well as synthetic perfume and flavoring materials including coumarin, methyl salicylate, saccharin, citral, citronellal, synthetic geraniol, ionone, terpineol and synthetic vanillin. Also included are rubber processing chemicals such as accelerators and antioxidants, plasticizers including esters of phosphoric acid, phthalic anhydride, adipic acid and others, synthetic tanning agents like naphthalene sulfonic acid condensates, chemical warfare gases, and esters, amines and related compounds derived from polyhydric alcohols and fatty or other acids. Sample business functions include the production of acetaldehyde, acetates excluding natural acetate of lime, synthetic acetic acid, acetic anhydride, acetin, synthetic acetone, acid esters and amines, organic acids, acrolein and acrylonitrile.