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25.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Cyclopentanol
CAS-number :
96-41-3
 
Synonyms :
cyclopentyl alcohol
hydroxycyclopentane
Syklopentanoli
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C5H10O
EINECS-number :
2025048
 
Uses :
Perfume and pharmaceutical solvent; intermediate for dyes,
pharmaceuticals and other organics.
 
Odor :
Odour threshold: detection: 4200 - 8700 mg/m3 (Verschueren 1983)
 
Molecular weight :
86.13
 
Spesicif gravity (water=1) :
0.949 
 
Melting point, °C :
-19 
 
Boiling point, °C :
139  139 - 140 °C
140  Verschueren 1983
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
Pseudomonas putida: 250 mg/l (Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
28  rpd, schr, Microcystis aeruginosa
  Bringmann & Kühn 1976
 
Other information of water organisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
Microcystis aeruginosa           28 mg/l  Bringmann & Kühn 1976
Scenedesmus quadricauda         255 mg/l  Bringmann & Kühn 1980a
Entosiphon sulcatum             290 mg/l  Bringmann & Kühn 1980a
Uronema parduczi Chatton-Lwoff >800 mg/l  Bringmann & Kühn 1980b

References
187Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1976. Vergleichende Befunde der Schadwirkung wassergefährdender Stoffe gegen Bakterien (Pseudomonas putida) und Blaualgen (Microcystis aeruginosa). Gwf-Wasser-Abwasser 117(9).
188Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980a. Comparison of the toxicity thresholds of water pollutants to bacteria, algae and protozoa in the cell multiplication inhibition test. Water Res. 14: 231 - 241.
189Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980b. Bestimmung der biologischen Schadwirkung wassergefahrdender Stoffe gegen Protozoen. II. Bakterienfressende Ciliaten, Z. Wasser/Abwasser Forsch. 1: 26 - 31.
1468Verschueren, K. 1983. Handbook of environmental data of organic chemicals. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Inc., New York. 1310 s.

 
 
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