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[lotusbiosm]

Is it me, or does this sound made up?
di-isoburtyl cresoxy ethoxy ethyl di-methy benzyl ammonium chloride monohydrate

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[niamh-bronwyn.livejournal.com]

I think that sounds made up, but I don't know much about organic chemistry yet.
Aren't mono and iso the same thing though, But Mono is for inorg and iso is for org?

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

I don't think it actually is made up, it just sounds like it is.

[niamh-bronwyn.livejournal.com]

Where did you find it?

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

It's on "Diaparene Chloride (Methyl Benethonium Chloride)", which is "for antiseptic diaper rinsing"- after you wash cloth diapers, you soak them in water mixed with this stuff and it helps reduce diaper rash.

[niamh-bronwyn.livejournal.com]

Okay googled it.

It is a pesticide.

And without the dashes and with an extra o in Monohydrate, it is in fact real.

... But it sounds really fake.

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

yeah, I missed the extra "o" in monohydrate. Too many letters to copy!

[niamh-bronwyn.livejournal.com]

Or at least it brings up the pesticide registration people and nothing else.

Well... I suppose if you view infants like I do...


*hangs head* Sorry

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

lol
It kills the bacteria. They say you only need to use it in the night-time diapers, so it's basically meant to act on the germs that would cause a rash when the baby sleeps in a wet/dirty diaper. They also say to change diapers frequently, which helps.
Considering a) the popularity of disposable diapers now, and b) the age of most of the medicines I work with here, the product is almost certainly no longer manufactured.