Tetraacetylethylenediamine

Description

CAS NO.	10543-57-4
Appearance	White powder
Transport Package	25kg
Origin	China

Properties:

Tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) is an important organic peroxide activator, appearing as a white crystalline powder with excellent thermal and chemical stability. Its molecular structure contains two amide bonds and four acetyl groups, enabling it to react rapidly with peroxides (such as hydrogen peroxide, sodium percarbonate, and sodium perborate) under low-temperature or neutral conditions to produce peracetic acid, thereby significantly improving bleaching and sterilization efficiency. TAED is non-toxic, non-irritating, and readily biodegradable, meeting modern green chemistry and environmental protection requirements, and therefore has broad application prospects in the fields of daily chemicals, textiles, papermaking, and water treatment.

Application:

In the consumer chemical industry, Tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) is a core bleaching and activating component in laundry detergents, laundry pods, and color-safe bleach. It effectively lowers washing temperatures, achieving high-efficiency stain removal and whitening at low temperatures, saving energy while protecting fabric fibers. In industrial applications, TAED is widely used in cold-batch bleaching processes in textile printing and dyeing, pulp bleaching in the paper industry, and oxidative sterilization processes in water treatment. Due to its high activation efficiency, low dosage, and environmentally friendly byproducts, TAED has become an important green chemical to replace traditional chlorine-containing bleachs.