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Creosote
Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the
distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such
as wood, or fossil fuel. They are typically used as preservatives or
antiseptics.[2]
Some creosote types were used historically as a treatment for

components of seagoing and outdoor wood structures to prevent rot
(e.g., bridgework and railroad ties, see image). Samples may be found
commonly inside chimney flues, where the coal or wood burns under
variable conditions, producing soot and tarry smoke. Creosotes are the
principal chemicals responsible for the stability, scent, and flavor
characteristic of smoked meat; the name is derived from Greek κρέας
(kreas) 'meat', and σωτήρ (sōtēr) 'preserver'.[3] Wood railroad ties before (right) and after (left) infusion with
creosote, being transported by railcar at a facility of the Santa Fe
The two main kinds recognized in industry are coal-tar creosote and Railroad, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1943. This U.S.
wood-tar creosote. The coal-tar variety, having stronger and more wartime governmental photo reports that "The steaming black ties
toxic properties, has chiefly been used as a preservative for wood; coal- in the [left of photo]... have just come from the retort where they
tar creosote was also formerly used as an escharotic, to burn malignant have been infused with creosote for eight hours." Ties are "made of
skin tissue, and in dentistry, to prevent necrosis, before its carcinogenic pine and fir... seasoned for eight months" [as seen in the untreated
properties became known.[4][5] The wood-tar variety has been used for railcar load at right].[1]
meat preservation, ship treatment, and such medical purposes as an
anaesthetic, antiseptic, astringent, expectorant, and laxative, though
these have mostly been replaced by modern formulations.
Varieties of creosote have also been made from both oil shale and petroleum, and are known as oil-tar creosote when derived from
oil tar, and as water-gas-tar creosote when derived from the tar of water gas. Creosote also has been made from pre-coal
formations such as lignite, yielding lignite-tar creosote, and peat, yielding peat-tar creosote.
Creosote oils
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The term creosote has a broad range of definitions depending on the origin of the coal tar oil and end-use of the material.
With respect to wood preservatives, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the term creosote to mean a
pesticide for use as a wood preservative meeting the American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) Standards P1/P13 and P2.[6]
The AWPA Standards require that creosote "shall be a pure coal tar product derived entirely from tar produced by the carbonization
of bituminous coal."[7][8]
Currently, all creosote-treated wood products—foundation and marine pilings, lumber, posts, railroad ties, timbers, and utility poles
—are manufactured using this type of wood preservative. The manufacturing process can only be a pressure process under the
supervision of a licensed applicator certified by the State Departments of Agriculture. No brush-on, spray, or non-pressure uses of
creosote are allowed, as specified by the EPA-approved label for the use of creosote.[7]
The use of creosote according to the AWPA Standards does not allow for mixing with other types of "creosote type" materials—such
as lignite-tar creosote, oil-tar creosote, peat-tar creosote, water-gas-tar creosote, or wood-tar creosote. The AWPA Standard P3 does
however, allow blending of a high-boiling petroleum oil meeting the AWPA Standard P4.[8][9]
The information that follows describing the other various types of creosote materials and its uses should be considered as primarily
being of only historical value. This history is important, because it traces the origin of these different materials used during the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Furthermore, it must be considered that these other types of creosotes – lignite-tar, wood-tar, water-gas-
tar, etc. – are not currently being manufactured and have either been replaced with more-economical materials, or replaced by
products that are more efficacious or safer.
For some part of their history, coal-tar creosote and wood-tar creosote were thought to have been equivalent substances—albeit of
distinct origins—accounting for their common name; the two were determined only later to be chemically different. All types of
creosote are composed of phenol derivatives and share some quantity of monosubstituted phenols,[10] but these are not the only
active element of creosote. For their useful effects, coal-tar creosote relies on the presence of naphthalenes and anthracenes, while
wood-tar creosote relies on the presence of methyl ethers of phenol. Otherwise, either type of tar would dissolve in water.
Creosote was first discovered in its wood-tar form in 1832, by Carl Reichenbach, when he found it both in the tar and in pyroligneous
acids obtained by a dry distillation of beechwood. Because pyroligneous acid was known as an antiseptic and meat preservative,
Reichenbach conducted experiments by dipping meat in a dilute solution of distilled creosote. He found that the meat was dried
without undergoing putrefaction and had attained a smoky flavor.[11] This led him to reason that creosote was the antiseptic
component contained in smoke, and he further argued that the creosote he had found in wood tar was also in coal tar, as well as
amber tar and animal tar, in the same abundance as in wood tar.[3]
Soon afterward, in 1834, Friedrich Ferdinand Runge discovered carbolic acid (phenol) in coal-tar, and Auguste Laurent obtained it
from "phenylhydrate", which was soon determined to be the same compound. There was no clear view on the relationship between
carbolic acid and creosote; Runge described it as having similar caustic and antiseptic properties, but noted that it was different, in
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that it was an acid and formed salts. Nonetheless, Reichenbach argued that creosote was also the active element, as it was in
pyroligneous acid. Despite evidence to the contrary, his view held sway with most chemists, and it became commonly accepted
wisdom that creosote, carbolic acid, and phenylhydrate were identical substances, with different degrees of purity.[3]
Carbolic acid was soon commonly sold under the name "creosote", and the scarcity of wood-tar creosote in some places led chemists
to believe that it was the same substance as that described by Reichenbach. In the 1840s, Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez, after
realizing that two samples of substances labelled as creosote were different, started a series of investigations to determine the
chemical nature of carbolic acid, leading to a conclusion that it more resembled chlorinated quinones and must have been a different,
entirely unrelated substance.
Independently, there were investigations into the chemical nature of creosote. A study by F.K. Völkel revealed that the smell of
purified creosote resembled that of guaiacol, and later studies by Heinrich Hlasiwetz identified a substance common to guaiacum and
creosote that he called creosol, and he determined that creosote contained a mixture of creosol and guaiacol. Later investigations by
Gorup-Besanez, A.E. Hoffmann, and Siegfried Marasse showed that wood-tar creosote also contained phenols, giving it a feature in
common with coal-tar creosote.[12]
Historically, coal-tar creosote has been distinguished from what was thought of as creosote proper—the original substance of
Reichenbach's discovery—and it has been referred to specifically as "creosote oil". But, because creosote from coal-tar and wood-tar
are obtained from a similar process and have some common uses, they have also been placed in the same class of substances, with
the terms "creosote" or "creosote oil" referring to either product.[2]
Wood-tar creosote
Constituency of distillations of creosote from different woods at different
Wood-tar creosote is a colourless to yellowish greasy liquid temperatures[13][14][15]
with a smoky odor, produces a sooty flame when burned,
and has a burned taste. It is non-buoyant in water, with a Beech Oak Pine
specific gravity of 1.037 to 1.087, retains fluidity at a very 200–220 °C 200–210 °C 200–210 °C 200–210 °C
low temperature, and boils at 205-225 °C. In its purest Monophenols 39.0 % 39.0 % 55.0 % 40.0%
Guaiacol 19.7 % 26.5 % 14.0 % 20.3%
form, it is transparent. Dissolution in water requires up to
Creosol and homologs 40.0% 32.1% 31.0% 37.5%
200 times the amount of water as the base creosote.[16]
Loss 1.3% 2.4% ... 2.2%
This creosote is a combination of natural phenols:
primarily guaiacol and creosol (4-methylguaiacol), which
typically constitutes 50% of the oil; second in prevalence are cresol and xylenol; the rest being a combination of monophenols and
polyphenols.
The simple phenols are not the only active element in wood-tar creosote. In solution, they coagulate albumin, which is a water-
soluble protein found in meat, so they serve as a preserving agent, but also cause denaturation. Most of the phenols in the creosote
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Composition of a typical beech-tar creosote[13][17]

are methoxy derivatives: they contain the methoxy group (−O−CH3) linked to
the benzene nucleus. The high level of methyl derivates created from the
Phenol C6H5OH 5.2% action of heat on wood (also apparent in the methyl alcohol produced through
o-Cresol (CH3)C6H4(OH) 10.4% distillation) make wood-tar creosote substantially different from coal-tar
m-Cresol and p-cresol (CH3)C6H4(OH) 11.6% creosote. Guaiacol is a methyl ether of pyrocatechin, while creosol is a methyl
2-Ethylphenol C6H4(C2H5)OH 3.6% ether of methyl-pyrocatechin, the next homolog of pyrocatechin. Methyl
Guaiacol C6H4(OH)(OCH3) 25.0% ethers differ from simple phenols in being less hydrophilic, caustic, and
3,4-Xylenol C6H3(CH3)2OH 2.0% poisonous.[18] This allows meat to be successfully preserved without tissue
3,5-Xylenol C6H3(CH3)2OH 1.0% denaturation, and allows creosote to be used as a medical ointment.[19]
Various phenols C6H5OH— 6.2%
Creosol and homologs C6H3(CH3)(OH)(OCH3)— Because
35.0%
wood-tar Derivation of wood-tar creosote from resinous
creosote is used for its woods[20]
guaiacol and creosol
content, it is generally derived from beechwood rather than other woods, since
it distills with a higher proportion of those chemicals to other phenolics. The
creosote can be obtained by distilling the wood tar and treating the fraction
heavier than water with a sodium hydroxide solution. The alkaline solution is
then separated from the insoluble oily layer, boiled in contact with air to reduce
impurities, and decomposed by diluted sulfuric acid. This produces a crude
creosote, which is purified by re-solution in alkali, re-precipitation with acid,
then redistilled with the fraction passing over between 200° and 225°
constituting the purified creosote.[21]
When ferric chloride is added to a dilute solution, it will turn green: a

characteristic of ortho-oxy derivatives of benzene.[18] It dissolves in sulfuric acid to a red liquid, which slowly changes to purple-
violet. Shaken with hydrochloric acid in the absence of air, it becomes red, the color changing in the presence of air to dark brown or
black.[19]
In preparation of food by smoking, guaiacol contributes mainly to the smoky taste, while the dimethyl ether of pyrogallol, syringol, is
the main chemical responsible for the smoky aroma.
Historical uses
Industrial
Soon after it was discovered and recognized as the principle of meat smoking, wood-tar creosote became used as a replacement for
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the process. Several methods were used to apply the creosote. One was to dip the meat in pyroligneous acid or a water of diluted
creosote, as Reichenbach did, or brush it over with them, and within one hour the meat would have the same quality of that of
traditionally smoked preparations.[22] Sometimes the creosote was diluted in vinegar rather than water, as vinegar was also used as a
preservative.[23] Another was to place the meat in a closed box, and place with it a few drops of creosote in a small bottle. Because of
the volatility of the creosote, the atmosphere was filled with a vapour containing it, and it would cover the flesh.[22]
The application of wood tar to seagoing vessels was practiced through the 18th century and early 19th century, before the creosote
was isolated as a compound. Wood-tar creosote was found not to be as effective in wood treatments, because it was harder to infuse
the creosote into the wood cells, but still experiments[24] were done, including by many governments, because it proved to be less
expensive on the market.[25]
Medical
Even before creosote as a chemical compound was discovered, it was the chief active component of medicinal remedies in different
cultures around the world.
In antiquity, pitches and resins were used commonly as medicines. Pliny mentions a variety of tar-like substances being used as
medicine, including cedria and pissinum.[26] Cedria was the pitch and resin of the cedar tree, being equivalent to the oil of tar and
pyroligneous acid which are used in the first stage of distilling creosote.[27][28] He recommends cedria to ease the pain in a toothache,
as an injection in the ear in case of hardness of hearing, to kill parasitic worms, as a preventive for infusion, as a treatment for
phthiriasis and porrigo, as an antidote for the poison of the sea hare, as a liniment for elephantiasis, and as an ointment to treat
ulcers both on the skin and in the lungs.[28] He further speaks of cedria being used as the embalming agent for preparing mummies.
[26] Pissinum was a tar water that was made by boiling cedria, spreading wool fleeces over the vessels to catch the steam, and then
wringing them out.[29][30]
The Pharmacopée de Lyon, published in 1778, says that cedar tree oil is believed to cure vomiting and help medicate tumors and
ulcers.[31][32] Physicians contemporary to the discovery of creosote recommended ointments and pills made from tar or pitch to treat
skin diseases.[31] Tar water had been used as a folk remedy since the Middle Ages to treat affections like dyspepsia. Bishop Berkeley
wrote several works on the medical virtues of tar water, including a philosophical work in 1744 titled Siris: a chain of philosophical
reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water, and divers other subjects connected together and arising one from
another, and a poem where he praised its virtues.[33] Pyroligneous acid was also used at the time in a medicinal water called Aqua
Binelli (Binelli's water),[31] a compound which its inventor, the Italian Fedele Binelli, claimed to have hemostatic properties in his
research published in 1797.[34] These claims have since been disproven.[35][34][36]
Given this history, and the antiseptic properties known to creosote, it became popular among physicians in the 19th century. A
dilution of creosote in water was sold in pharmacies as Aqua creosoti, as suggested by the previous use of pyroligneous acid. It was
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prescribed to quell the irritability of the stomach and bowels and detoxify, treat ulcers and abscesses,
neutralize bad odors, and stimulate the mucous tissues of the mouth and throat.[37][38] Creosote in
general was listed as an irritant, styptic, antiseptic, narcotic, and diuretic, and in small doses when taken
internally as a sedative and anaesthetic. It was used to treat ulcers, and as a way to sterilize the tooth and
deaden the pain in case of a tooth-ache.[37]
Creosote was suggested as a treatment for tuberculosis by Reichenbach as early as 1833. Following
Reichenbach, it was argued for by John Elliotson and Sir John Rose Cormack.[37] Elliotson, inspired by
the use of creosote to arrest vomiting during an outbreak of cholera, suggested its use for tuberculosis
through inhalation. He also suggested it for epilepsy, neuralgia, diabetes, and chronic glanders.[39] The
idea of using it for tuberculosis failed to be accepted. Use for this purpose was dropped, until the idea
was revived in 1876 by British doctor G. Anderson Imlay, who suggested it be applied locally by spray to
the bronchial mucous membrane.[37][40][41] This was followed up in 1877 when it was argued for in a
Portrait of Bishop Berkeley
clinical paper by Charles Bouchard and Henri Gimbert.[42] Germ theory had been established by Pasteur
by John Smybert, 1727
in 1860, and Bouchard, arguing that a bacillus was responsible for the disease, sought to rehabilitate
creosote for its use as an antiseptic to treat it. He began a series of trials with Gimbert to convince the
scientific community, and claimed a promising cure rate.[43] A number of publications in Germany confirmed his results in the
following years.[42]
Later, a period of experimentation with different techniques and chemicals using creosote in treating tuberculosis lasted until about
1910, when radiation therapy seemed more promising. Guaiacol, instead of a full creosote solution, was suggested by Hermann Sahli
in 1887. He argued it had the active chemical of creosote and had the advantage of being of definite composition and having a less
unpleasant taste and odor.[44] A number of solutions of both creosote and guaiacol appeared on the market, such as phosphotal and
guaicophosphal, phosphites of creosote and guaiacol; eosot and geosot, valerinates of creosote and guaicol; phosot and taphosot,
phosphate and tannophospate of creosote; and creosotal and tanosal, tannates of creosote.[45] Creosote and eucalyptus oil were also
a remedy used together, administered through a vaporizor and inhaler. Since then, more effective and safer treatments for
tuberculosis have been developed.
In the 1940s, Canadian-based Eldon Boyd experimented with guaiacol and a recent synthetic modification—glycerol guaiacolate
(guaifenesin)—on animals. His data showed that both drugs were effective in increasing secretions into the airways in laboratory
animals, when high-enough doses were given.
Current uses
Industrial
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Wood-tar creosote is to some extent used for wood preservation, but it is generally mixed with coal-tar creosote, since the former is
not as effective. Commercially available preparations of "liquid smoke", marketed to add a smoked flavour to meat and aid as a
preservative, consist primarily of creosote and other constituents of smoke.[46] Creosote is the ingredient that gives liquid smoke its
function; guaicol lends to the taste and the creosote oils help act as the preservative. Creosote can be destroyed by treatment with
chlorine, either sodium hypochlorite, or calcium hypochlorite solutions. The phenol ring is essentially opened, and the molecule is
then subject to normal digestion and normal respiration.
Medical
The guaifenesin developed by Eldon Boyd is still commonly used today as an expectorant, sold over the counter, and usually taken by
mouth to assist the bringing up of phlegm from the airways in acute respiratory tract infections. Guaifenesin is a component of
Mucinex, Robitussin DAC, Cheratussin DAC, Robitussin AC, Cheratussin AC, Benylin, DayQuil Mucous Control, Meltus, and Bidex
400.
Seirogan is a popular Kampo medicine in Japan, used as an anti-diarrheal, and has 133 mg wood creosote from beech, pine, maple or
oak wood per adult dose as its primary ingredient. Seirogan was first used as a gastrointestinal medication by the Imperial Japanese
Army in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905.[47]
Creomulsion is a cough medicine in the United States, introduced in 1925, that is still sold and contains beechwood creosote.
Beechwood creosote is also found under the name kreosotum or kreosote.
Coal-tar creosote
Composition of a typical coal-tar creosote[48][49]
Coal-tar creosote is greenish-brown liquid, with different degrees of
darkness, viscosity, and fluorescence depending on how it is made. When Aromatic hydrocarbons
freshly made, the creosote is a yellow oil with a greenish cast and highly
fluorescent, and the fluorescence is increased by exposure to air and light. Polycyclic aromatic
After settling, the oil is dark green by reflected light and dark red by hydrocarbons (PAHs), alkylated
75.0–90.0%
transmitted light.[50] To the naked eye, it generally appears brown. The PAHs, benzenes, toluenes,
creosote (often called "creosote oil") consists almost wholly of aromatic ethylbenzenes, and xylenes
hydrocarbons, with some amount of bases and acids and other neutral oils. (BTEX)
The flash point is 70–75 °C and burning point is 90–100 °C,[51] and when
burned it releases a greenish smoke.[52] The smell largely depends on the
naphtha content in the creosote. If there is a high amount, it will have a
naphtha-like smell, otherwise it will smell more of tar.
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In the process of coal-tar distillation, the distillate is collected into four

Tar acids / phenolics
fractions; the "light oil", which remains lighter than water, the "middle oil"
which passes over when the light oil is removed; the "heavy oil", which sinks; Phenols, cresols, xylenols, and 5.0–17.0%
and the "anthracene oil", which when cold is mostly solid and greasy, of a naphthols
buttery consistence. Creosote refers to the portion of coal tar which distills as
"heavy oil", typically between 230 and 270 °C, also called "dead oil"; it sinks Tar bases / nitrogen-containing
into water but still is fairly liquid. Carbolic acid is produced in the second heterocycles
fraction of distillation and is often distilled into what is referred to as
Pyridines, quinolines,
"carbolic oil".[53][54][55][56] 3.0–8.0%
benzoquinolines, acridines,
indolines, and carbazoles
Derivation and general composition of coal-tar creosote[57]
Sulfur-containing heterocycles
1.0–3.0%
Benzothiophenes
Oxygen-containing heterocycles
1.0–3.0%
Dibenzofurans
Aromatic amines
Aniline, aminonaphthalenes,
diphenylamines,
0.1–1.0%
aminofluorenes, and
aminophenanthrenes, cyano-
Commercial creosote contains substances from six groups.[48] The two PAHs, benz acridines
groups occur in the greatest amounts and are the products of the distillation
process—the "tar acids", which distill below 205 °C and consist mainly of
phenols, cresols, and xylenols, including carbolic acid—and aromatic hydrocarbons, which divide into naphthalenes, which distill
approximately between 205 and 255 °C, and constituents of an anthracene nature, which distill above 255 °C.[58] The quantity of
each varies based on the quality of tar and temperatures used, but generally, the tar acids won't exceed 5%, the naphthalenes make
up 15 to 50%, and the anthracenes make up 45% to 70%.[58] The hydrocarbons are mainly aromatic; derivatives of benzene and
related cyclic compounds such as naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, acenaphthene, and fluorene. Creosotes from vertical-
retort and low temperature tars contain, in addition, some paraffinic and olefinic hydrocarbons. The tar-acid content also depends on
the source of the tar—it may be less than 3% in creosote from coke-oven tar and as high as 32% in creosote from vertical retort tar.
[59] All of these have antiseptic properties. The tar acids are the strongest antiseptics but have the highest degree of solubility in water
and are the most volatile; so, like with wood-tar creosote, phenols are not the most valued component, as by themselves they would
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lend to being poor preservatives.[60] In addition, creosote contains several products naturally occurring in coal—nitrogen-containing
heterocycles, such as acridines, carbazoles, and quinolines, referred to as the "tar bases" and generally make up about 3% of the
creosote—sulfur-containing heterocycles, generally benzothiophenes[61]—and oxygen-containing heterocycles, dibenzofurans.[62]
Lastly, creosote contains a small number of aromatic amines produced by the other substances during the distillation process and
likely resulting from a combination of thermolysis and hydrogenation.[63][64] The tar bases are often extracted by washing the
creosote with aqueous mineral acid,[59] although they're also suggested to have antiseptic ability similar to the tar acids.
Commercially used creosote is often treated to extract the carbolic acid, naphthalene, or anthracene content. The carbolic acid or
naphthalene is generally extracted to be used in other commercial products.[65] American produced creosote oils typically have low
amounts of anthracene and high amounts of naphthalene, because when forcing the distillate at a temperature that produces
anthracene the soft pitch will be ruined and only the hard pitch will remain; this ruins it for use in roofing purposes, and only leaves a
product which isn't commercially useful.[64]
Historical uses
Industrial
The use of coal-tar creosote on a commercial scale began in 1838, when a patent covering the use of creosote oil to treat timber was
taken out by inventor John Bethell. The "Bethell process"—or as it later became known, the full-cell process—involves placing wood
to be treated in a sealed chamber and applying a vacuum to remove air and moisture from wood "cells". The wood is then pressure-
treated to imbue it with creosote or other preservative chemicals, after which vacuum is reapplied to separate the excess treatment
chemicals from the timber. Alongside the zinc chloride-based "Burnett process", use of creosoted wood prepared by the Bethell
process became a principal way of preserving railway timbers (most notably railway sleepers) to increase the lifespan of the timbers,
and avoiding having to regularly replace them.[66]
Besides treating wood, it was also used for lighting and fuel. In the beginning, it was only used for lighting needed in harbour and
outdoor work, where the smoke that was produced from burning it was of little inconvenience. By 1879, lamps had been created that
ensured a more complete combustion by using compressed air, removing the drawback of the smoke. Creosote was also processed
into gas and used for lighting that way. As a fuel, it was used to power ships at sea and blast furnaces for different industrial needs,
once it was discovered to be more efficient than unrefined coal or wood. It was also used industrially for the softening of hard pitch,
and burned to produce lamp black. By 1890, the production of creosote in the United Kingdom totaled approximately 29,900,000
gallons per year.[52]
In 1854, Alexander McDougall and Robert Angus Smith developed and patented a product called McDougall's Powder as a sewer
deodorant; it mainly consisted of carbolic acid derived from creosote. McDougall, in 1864, experimented with his solution to remove
entozoa parasites from cattle pasturing on a sewage farm.[67] This later led to widespread use of creosote as a cattle wash and sheep
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dip. External parasites would be killed in a creosote diluted dip, and drenching tubes would be used to administer doses to the
animals' stomachs to kill internal parasites.[68]
Creosoted wood blocks were a common road-paving material in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, but ultimately fell out of favor because they did not generally hold up well enough over
time.[69][70][71][72]
Two later methods for creosoting wood were introduced after the turn of the century, referred to
as empty-cell processes, because they involve compressing the air inside the wood so that the
preservative can only coat the inner cell walls rather than saturating the interior cell voids. This is
a less effective, though usually satisfactory, method of treating the wood, but is used because it
requires less of the creosoting material. The first method, the "Rüping process" was patented in
Wooden street pavers in Chicago
1902, and the second, the "Lowry process" was patented in 1906. Later in 1906, the "Allardyce
process" and "Card process" were patented to treat wood with a combination of both creosote and
zinc chloride.[66] In 1912, it was estimated that a total of 150,000,000 gallons were produced in the US per year.
Medical
Coal-tar creosote, despite its toxicity, was used as a stimulant and escharotic, as a caustic agent used to treat ulcers and malignancies,
cauterize wounds, and prevent infection and decay. It was particularly used in dentistry to destroy tissues and arrest necrosis.[73][74]
[75]
Current uses
Industrial
Coal-tar creosote is the most widely used wood treatment today; both industrially, processed into wood using pressure methods such
as "full-cell process" or "empty-cell process", and more commonly applied to wood through brushing. In addition to toxicity to fungi,
insects, and marine borers, it serves as a natural water repellent. It is commonly used to preserve and waterproof railroad ties,
pilings, telephone poles, power line poles, marine pilings, and fence posts. Although suitable for use in preserving the structural
timbers of buildings, it is not generally used that way because it is difficult to apply. There are also concerns about the environmental
impact of the leaching of creosote into aquatic ecosystems.
Due to its carcinogenic character, the European Union has regulated the quality of creosote for the EU market[76] and requires that
the sale of creosote be limited to professional users.[77][78] The United States Environmental Protection Agency regulates the use of
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coal-tar creosote as a wood preservative under the provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Creosote is
considered a restricted-use pesticide and is only available to licensed pesticide applicators.[79][80]
Oil-tar creosote
Derivation and general composition of water-gas-tar creosote[57]
Oil-tar creosote is derived from the tar that forms when using
petroleum or shale oil in the manufacturing of gas. The
distillation of the tar from the oil occurs at very high
temperatures; around 980 °C. The tar forms at the same time as
the gas, and once processed for creosotes contains a high
percentage of cyclic hydrocarbons, a very low amount of tar
acids and tar bases, and no true anthracenes have been
identified.[81] Historically, this has mainly been produced in the
United States on the Pacific coast, where petroleum has been
more abundant than coal. Limited quantities have been used
industrially, either alone, mixed with coal-tar creosote, or
fortified with pentachlorophenol.[82]
Water-gas-tar creosote
Water-gas-tar creosote is also derived from petroleum oil or shale oil, but by a different process; it is distilled during the production
of water gas. The tar is a by-product resulting from enrichment of water gas with gases produced by thermal decomposition of
petroleum. Of the creosotes derived from oil, it is practically the only one used for wood preservation. It has the same degree of
solubility as coal-tar creosote and is easy to infuse into wood. Like standard oil-tar creosote, it has a low amount of tar acids and tar
bases, and has less antiseptic qualities.[57] Petri dish tests have shown that water-gas-tar creosote is one-sixth as anti-septically
effective as that of coal-tar.[83]
Lignite-tar creosote
Lignite-tar creosote is produced from lignite rather than bituminous coal, and varies considerably from coal-tar creosote. Also called
"lignite oil", it has a very high content of tar acids, and has been used to increase the tar acids in normal creosote when necessary.[84]
When it has been produced, it has generally been applied in mixtures with coal-tar creosote or petroleum. Its effectiveness when used
alone has not been established. In an experiment with southern yellow pine fence posts in Mississippi, straight lignite-tar creosote
was giving good results after about 27 years exposure, although not as good as the standard coal-tar creosote used in the same
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situation.[85]
Peat-tar creosote
There have also been attempts to distill creosote from peat-tar, although mostly unsuccessful due to the problems with winning and
drying peat on an industrial scale.[86] Peat tar by itself has in the past been used as a wood preservative.
Health effects
According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), eating food or drinking water contaminated with high
levels of coal-tar creosote may cause a burning in the mouth and throat, and stomach pains. ATSDR also states that brief direct
contact with large amounts of coal-tar creosote may result in a rash or severe irritation of the skin, chemical burns of the surfaces of
the eyes, convulsions and mental confusion, kidney or liver problems, unconsciousness, and even death. Longer direct skin contact
with low levels of creosote mixtures or their vapours can result in increased light sensitivity, damage to the cornea, and skin damage.
Longer exposure to creosote vapours can cause irritation of the respiratory tract.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that coal-tar creosote is probably carcinogenic to humans,
based on adequate animal evidence and limited human evidence. The animal testing relied upon by IARC involved the continuous
application of creosote to the shaved skin of rodents. After weeks of creosote application, the animals developed cancerous skin
lesions and in one test, lesions of the lung. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has stated that coal-tar creosote is a
probable human carcinogen based on both human and animal studies.[87] As a result, the Federal Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has set a permissible exposure limit of 0.2 milligrams of coal-tar creosote per cubic meter of air (0.2 mg/m3)
in the workplace during an 8-hour day, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that spills or accidental releases
into the environment of one pound (0.454 kg) or more of creosote be reported to them.
There is no unique exposure pathway of children to creosote. Children exposed to creosote probably experience the same health
effects seen in adults exposed to creosote. It is unknown whether children differ from adults in their susceptibility to health effects
from creosote.
A 2005 mortality study of creosote workers found no evidence supporting an increased risk of cancer death, as a result of exposure to
creosote. Based on the findings of the largest mortality study to date of workers employed in creosote wood treating plants, there is
no evidence that employment at creosote wood-treating plants or exposure to creosote-based preservatives was associated with any
significant mortality increase from either site-specific cancers or non-malignant diseases. The study consisted of 2,179 employees at
eleven plants in the United States where wood was treated with creosote preservatives. Some workers began work in the 1940s to
1950s. The observation period of the study covered 1979–2001. The average length of employment was 12.5 years. One third of the
study subjects were employed for over 15 years.[88]
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The largest health effect of creosote is deaths caused by residential chimney fires due to chimney tar (creosote) build-up. This is
entirely unconnected with its industrial production or use.[89]
Build-up in chimneys
Burning wood and fossil fuels in the absence of adequate airflow (such as in an enclosed furnace or stove), causes incomplete
combustion of the oils in the wood, which are off-gassed as volatiles in the smoke. As the smoke rises through the chimney it cools,
causing water, carbon, and volatiles to condense on the interior surfaces of the chimney flue. The black oily residue that builds up is
referred to as creosote, which is similar in composition to the commercial products by the same name, but with a higher content of
carbon black.
Over the course of a season creosote deposits can become several inches thick. This creates a compounding problem, because the
creosote deposits reduce the draft (airflow through the chimney) which increases the probability that the wood fire is not getting
enough air for complete combustion. Since creosote is highly combustible, a thick accumulation creates a fire hazard. If a hot fire is
built in the stove or fireplace, and the air control left wide open, this may allow hot oxygen into the chimney where it comes in
contact with the creosote which then ignites—causing a chimney fire. Chimney fires often spread to the main building because the
chimney gets so hot that it ignites any combustible material in direct contact with it, such as wood. The fire can also spread to the
main building from sparks emitting from the chimney and landing on combustible roof surfaces. In order to properly maintain
chimneys and heaters that burn wood or carbon-based fuels, the creosote buildup must be removed. Chimney sweeps perform this
service for a fee.[89]
Release into environment

Even though creosote is pressurized into the wood, the release of the chemical – and resulting marine pollution – occurs due to many
different events: During the lifetime of the marine piling, weathering occurs from tides and water flow which slowly opens the oily
outer coating and exposes the smaller internal pores to more water flow.[90] Frequent weathering occurs daily, but more severe
weather, such as hurricanes, can cause damage or loosening of the wooden pilings.[90] Many pilings are either broken into pieces
from debris, or are completely washed away during these storms. When the pilings are washed away, they come to settle on the
bottom of the body of water where they reside, and then they leach chemicals into the water slowly over a long period of time. This
long-term secretion is not normally noticed because the piling is submerged beneath the surface, hidden from sight.
The creosote is mostly insoluble in water, but the lower-molecular-weight compounds will become soluble the longer the broken
wood is exposed to the water.[91] In this case, some of the chemicals become water-soluble and further leach into the aquatic
sediment while the rest of the insoluble chemicals remain together in a tar-like substance.[91] Another source of damage comes from
wood-boring fauna, such as shipworms and Limnoria.[92] Though creosote is used as a pesticide preservative, studies have shown
that Limnoria is resistant to wood preservative pesticides and can cause small holes in the wood, through which creosote can then be
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released.[92]
Chemical reactions with sediment and organisms

Once the soluble compounds from the creosote preservative leach into the water, the compounds begin
reacting with the external environment or are consumed by organisms. The reactions vary depending on
the concentration of each compound that is released from the creosote, but major reactions are outlined
below:
Alkylation
Alkylation occurs when a molecule replaces a hydrogen atom with an alkyl group that generally comes Broken creosote piling
from an organic molecule.[93] Alkyl groups that are found naturally occurring in the environment are exposed by weathering
organometallic compounds. [94] Organometallic compounds generally contain a methyl, ethyl, or butyl
derivative which is the alkyl group that replaces the hydrogen.[94] Other organic compounds, such as
methanol, can provide alkyl groups for alkylation.[95] Methanol is found naturally in the environment in small concentrations, and
has been linked to the release from biological decomposition of waste and even a byproduct of vegetation.[96] The following reactions
are alkylations of soluble compounds found in creosote preservatives with methanol.
m-Cresol
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The diagram above depicts a reaction between m-cresol and methanol where a c-alkylation product is produced.[95] The c-alkylation
reaction means that instead of replacing the hydrogen atom on the -OH group, the methyl group (from the methanol) replaces the
hydrogen on a carbon in the benzene ring.[95] The products of this c-alkylation can be in either a para- or ortho- orientation on the
molecule, as seen in the diagram, and water, which is not shown.[95] Isomers of the dimethylphenol (DMP) compound are the
products of the para- and ortho-c-alkylation.[95] Dimethylphenol (DMP) compound is listed as an aquatic hazard by characteristic,
and is toxic with long lasting effects.[97]
Phenol
This diagram shows an o-alkylation between phenol and methanol. Unlike the c-alkylation, the o-alkylation replaces the hydrogen
atom on the -OH group with the methyl group (from the methanol).[98] The product of the o-alkylation is methoxybenzene, better-
known as anisole, and water, which is not shown in the diagram.[98] Anisole is listed as an acute hazard to aquatic life with long-term
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effects.[99]
Bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation is the process by which an organism takes in chemicals through ingestion, exposure, and inhalation.[100]
Bioaccumulation is broken down into bioconcentration (uptake of chemicals from the environment) and biomagnification
(increasing concentration of chemicals as they move up the food chain).[100] Certain species of aquatic organisms are affected
differently from the chemicals released from creosote preservatives. One of the more studied organisms is a mollusk. Mollusks attach
to the wooden, marine pilings and are in direct contact with the creosote preservatives.[101] Many studies have been conducted using
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are low molecular hydrocarbons found in some creosote-based preservatives. In a
study conducted from Pensacola, Florida, a group of native mollusks were kept in a controlled environment, and a different group of
native mollusks were kept in an environment contaminated with creosote preservatives.[102] The mollusks in the contaminated
environment were shown to have a bioaccumulation of up to ten times the concentration of PAH than the control species.[102] The
intake of organisms is dependent on whether the compound is in an ionized or an un-ionized form.[103] To determine whether the
compound is ionized or un-ionized, the pH of the surrounding environment must be compared to the pKa or acidity constant of the
compound.[103] If the pH of the environment is lower than the pKa, then the compound is un-ionized which means that the
compound will behave as if it is non-polar.[103] Bioaccumulation for un-ionized compounds comes from partitioning equilibrium
between the aqueous phase and the lipids in the organism.[103] If the pH is higher than the pKa, then the compound is considered to
be in the ionized form.[103] The un-ionized form is favored because the bioaccumulation is easier for the organism to intake through
partitioning equilibrium.[103] The table below shows a list of pKas from compounds found in creosote preservatives and compares
them to the average pH of seawater (reported to be 8.1).[104]
Compound pKa pH of Seawater Form (Ionized or Un-Ionized)
m-cresol 10.09 Un-ionized
o-cresol 10.29 Un-ionized
p-cresol 10.30 Un-ionized

8.1
2-ethylphenol 10.20 Un-ionized
guaiacol 9.98 Un-ionized
phenol 9.99 Un-ionized
Each of the compounds in the table above is found in creosote preservatives; all are in the favored un-ionized form. In another study,
various species of small fish were tested to see how the exposure time to PAH chemicals affected the fish.[7] This study showed that
an exposure time of 24–96 hours on various shrimp and fish species affected the growth, reproduction, and survival functions of the
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organisms for most of the compounds tested.[7]
Biodegradation
It can be seen in some studies that biodegradation accounts for the absence of creosote preservatives on the initial surface of the
sediment.[102] In a study from Pensacola, Florida, PAHs were not detected on the surface on the aquatic sediment, but the highest
concentrations were detected at a depth of 8-13 centimeters.[102] A form an anaerobic biodegradation of m-cresol was seen in a study
using sulfate-reducing and nitrate-reducing enriched environments.[105] The reduction of m-cresol in this study was seen in under
144 hours, while additional chemical intermediates were being formed.[105] The chemical intermediates were formed in the presence
of bicarbonate. The products included 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid and acetate compounds.[105] Although the conditions were
enriched with the reducing anaerobic compounds, sulfate and nitrate reducing bacteria are commonly found in the environment. For
further information, see sulfate-reducing bacteria. The type of anaerobic bacteria ultimately determines the reduction of the creosote
preservative compounds, while each individual compound may only go through reduction under certain conditions.[106] BTEX is a
mixture of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, that was studied in the presence of four different anaerobic-enriched
sediments.[106] Though the compound, BTEX, is not found in creosote preservatives, the products of creosote preservatives'
oxidation-reduction reactions include some of these compounds. For oxidation-reduction reactions, see the following section. In this
study, it was seen that certain compounds such as benzene were only reduced under sulfate-enriched environments, while toluene
was reduced under a variety of bacteria-enriched environments, not just sulfate.[106] The biodegradation of a creosote preservative in
an anaerobic enrichment depends not only on the type of bacteria enriching the environment, but also the compound that has been
released from the preservative. In aerobic environments, preservative compounds are limited in the biodegradation process by the
presence of free oxygen.[107] In an aerobic environment, free oxygen comes from oxygen saturated sediments, sources of
precipitation, and plume edges.[107] The free oxygen allows for the compounds to be oxidized and decomposed into new intermediate
compounds.[107] Studies have shown that when BTEX and PAH compounds were placed in aerobic environments, the oxidation of
the ring structures caused cleavage in the aromatic ring and allowed for other functional groups to attach.[107] When an aromatic
hydrocarbon was introduced to the molecular oxygen in experimental conditions, a dihydrodiol intermediate was formed, and then
oxidation occurred transforming the aromatic into a catechol compound.[107] Catechol allows for cleavage of the aromatic ring to
occur, where functional groups can then add in an ortho- or meta- position.[107]
Oxidation-reduction
Even though many studies conduct testing under experimental or enriched conditions, oxidation-reduction reactions occur naturally
and allow for chemicals to go through processes such as biodegradation, outlined above. Oxidation is defined as the loss of an
electron to another species, while reduction is the gaining of an electron from another species. As compounds go through oxidation
and reduction in sediments, the preservative compounds are altered to form new chemicals, leading to decomposition. An example of
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the oxidation of p-cresol and phenol can be seen in the figures below:
p-Cresol
This reaction shows the oxidation of p-cresol in a sulfate-enriched environment.[108] P-cresol was seen to be the easiest to degrade
through the sulfate-enriched environment, while m-cresol and o-cresol where inhibited.[108] In the chart above, p-cresol was
oxidized under an anaerobic sulfate reducing condition and formed four different intermediates.[108] After the formation of the
intermediates, the study reported further degradation of the intermediates leading to the production of carbon dioxide and methane.
[108] The p-hydroxylbenzyl alcohol, p-hydroxylbenzaldehye, p-hyrdoxylbenzoate, and benzoate intermediates all are produced from
this oxidation and released into the sediments.[108] Similar results were also produced by different studies using other forms of
oxidation such as: iron-reducing organisms,[109] Copper/Manganese Oxide catalyst,[110] and nitrate- reducing conditions.[111]
Phenol
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This reaction shows the oxidation of phenol by iron and peroxide.[112] This combination of iron, which comes from iron oxide in the
sediment, and the peroxide, commonly released by animals and plants into the environment, is known as the Fenton Reagent.[112]
This reagent is used to oxidize phenol groups by the use of a radical hydroxide group produced from the peroxide in the p-
benzoquinone.[112] This product of phenol's oxidation is now leached into the environment while other products include iron(II) and
water. P-benzoquinone is listed as being a very toxic, acute environmental hazard.[113]
Environmental hazards
Sediment
In aquatic sediments, several reactions can transform the chemicals released by the creosote preservatives into more dangerous
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chemicals. Most creosote preservative compounds have hazards associated with them before they are transformed. Cresol (m-, p-,
and o-), phenol, guaiacol, and xylenol (1,3,4- and 1,3,5-) all are acute aquatic hazards prior to going through chemical reactions with
the sediments. Alkylation reactions allows for the compounds to transition into more toxic compounds with the addition of R-groups
to the major compounds found in creosote preservatives. Compounds formed through alkylation include: 3,4-dimethylphenol, 2,3-
dimethylphenol, and 2,5-dimethylphenol, which are all listed as acute environmental hazards.[95] Biodegradation controls the rate at
which the sediment holds the chemicals, and the number of reactions that are able to take place. The biodegradation process can take
place under many different conditions, and vary depending on the compounds that are released. Oxidation-reduction reactions allow
for the compounds to be broken down into new forms of more toxic molecules. Studies have shown oxidation-reduction reactions of
creosote preservative compounds included compounds that are listed as environmental hazards, such as p-benzoquinone in the
oxidation of phenol.[112] Not only are the initial compounds in creosote hazardous to the environment, but the byproducts of the
chemical reactions are environmental hazardous as well.
Other
From the contamination of the sediment, more of the ecosystem is affected. Organisms in the sediment are now exposed to the new
chemicals. Organisms are then ingested by fish and other aquatic animals. These animals now contain concentrations of hazardous
chemicals which were secreted from the creosote. Other issues with ecosystems include bioaccumulation. Bioaccumulation occurs
when high levels of chemicals are passed to aquatic life near the creosote pilings. Mollusks and other smaller crustaceans are at
higher risk because they are directly attached to the surface of wood pilings that are filled with creosote preservative. Studies show
that mollusks in these environments take on high concentrations of chemical compounds which will then be transferred through the
ecosystem's food chain. Bioaccumulation contributes to the higher concentrations of chemicals within the organisms in the aquatic
ecosystems.[114]
See also
▪ Creolin
▪ Pentachlorophenol
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Some creosote types were used historically as a treatment for

Composition of a typical beech-tar creosote[13][17]

When ferric chloride is added to a dilute solution, it will turn green: a

wringing them out.[29][30]

In the process of coal-tar distillation, the distillate is collected into four

Release into environment

Chemical reactions with sediment and organisms

Compound pKa pH of Seawater Form (Ionized or Un-Ionized)

m-cresol 10.09 Un-ionized

o-cresol 10.29 Un-ionized

p-cresol 10.30 Un-ionized

guaiacol 9.98 Un-ionized

phenol 9.99 Un-ionized

organisms for most of the compounds tested.[7]

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