2-ethylhexanol is known as octanol in the plasticizer neighborhood, which is an important chemical raw material.Foreign octanol except for the production of plasticizer, also produce acrylic dioctyl or used as surfactant, etc., mainly used to produce: two dioctyl phthalate (DOP), oxalic acid dioctyl ester (DOA), trimellitic acid three dioctyl (TOTM), other plasticizer, octyl acrylate, surfactant, embellish bone oil additives, mining, diesel fuel additives, solvents and dispensing, rust inhibitor ester and other chemicals.Octanol itself is a useful solvent, defoaming agent, dispersant, lubricant, its series products are mainly phthalate dioctyl and other plasticizers and acrylate, etc.Dioctyl phthalate is the main plasticizer of PVC, and the consumption of PVC is about 95% of its total consumption.