The chemical compound xylylene dichloride (C6H4(CH2Cl)2) is a white to light yellow sandlike solid.

[2][3] Xylylene dichloride is used as a vulcanizing agent to harden rubbers.

[2] The structure of xylylene dichloride is characterized by an benzene ring with two chloromethyl groups and four hydrogen atoms bound to it.

[4] The chloromethyl groups can be located on different sites on the ring, leading to a few different possible forms.

Xylylene dichloride can be synthesized from benzenedimethanol by reaction with hydrogen chloride.