Easy to absorb moisture, odorless, with a spicy sweet taste, soluble in water and compatible with most organic solvents, insoluble in benzene and carbon tetrachloride. Easy to esterify and etherifie.

Diethylene glycol is widely used in industries such as pharmaceuticals, coatings, plastics, resins, rubber, solvents, dyes, and inks as a plasticizer, antifreeze agent, solvent, wetting agent, adhesive, etc.