Diiodohydroxypropane

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| ImageName = Skeletal formula of diiodohydroxypropane

| PIN = 1,3-Diiodopropan-2-ol{{Cite web|title=1,3-diiodo-2-propanol - Compound Summary|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=68295&loc=ec_rcs|work=PubChem Compound|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|access-date=3 March 2012|location=USA|date=28 August 2005|at=Identification and Related Records}}

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| CASNo = 534-08-7

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| UNII = 1Z11279H67

| EINECS = 208-586-1

| MeSHName = 1,3-diiodo-2-propanol

| SMILES = OC(CI)CI

| StdInChI = 1S/C3H6I2O/c4-1-3(6)2-5/h3,6H,1-2H2

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| C=3 | H=6 | I=2 | O=1

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| ATCCode_prefix = D08

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| OtherCompounds = {{Unbulleted list|Isopropanol|n-Propyl iodide}}

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Diiodohydroxypropane is an antiseptic and disinfectant. It is also known as jothion{{cite journal |vauthors=Shinohara M, Ieiri M, Fukukei K, Okada S, Oura K |title=[Disinfecting mechanism of jothion (1,3-diiodo-2-hydroxypropane)] |language=ja |journal=Shikai Tenbo = Dental Outlook |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=605–8 |year=1983 |pmid=6573800 }} or iothion.{{cite journal |vauthors=Mazzei M, Balbi A, Ermili A, Roma G |title=[Assay of 1,3-diiodo-2-propanol (Iothion) in various pharmaceutical preparations] |language=it |journal=Il Farmaco; Edizione Pratica |volume=40 |issue=8 |pages=266–72 |year=1985 |pmid=4029372 }}