1, 4-Dichlorobenzene was discovered in the year of 1821 in the United States where it was produced from the distillation of coal tar. 1, 4-Dichlorobenzene is now found in caribou/deers, the flower magnolias and even in meteorites. The demand for the compound will increase approximately 5% in the future due to polyethylene
sulphide resin found in the compound which is going to be used as an engineering plastic (Report On Carcinogens, Twelfth Edition, 2011).
Polyethylene sulphide Coal tar being distilled