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24.4.2024

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Chemical
tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate
CAS-number :
126-72-7
 
Synonyms :
1-Propanol, 2,3-dibromo-, phosphate (3:1)
Tris(2,3-dibromipropyyli)fosfaatti
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C9H15Br6O4P
EINECS-number :
2047999
 
Melting point, °C :
-8  MITI 1992
 
Boiling point, °C :
260  MITI 1992
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
4.98  Mackay 1982
1.75  MITI 1992
 
Photochemical degradation in air :
Photooxidation half-life in air:
9.6hr - 57min, scientific judgement based upon an estimated 
rate constant for the vapor phase reaction with hydrocyl 
radicals in air (Howard 1991).
 
Half-life in air, days :
0.4  9.5hr - 57min,
0.04  scientific judgement based upon estimated photooxidation half-life in air.
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in soil, days :
7d - 1d,
scientific judgement based upon estimated unacclimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-life.
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in water, days :
7d - 1d,
in surface water: scientific judgement based upon estimated unacclimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-life.
14  14d - 2d,
in ground water: scientific judgement based upon estimated unacclimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-life.
  Howard 1991
 
Aerobic degradation in water :
Aerobic half-life:
7d - 1d, scientific judgement based upon unaddlimated aqueous 
screening test data (Howard 1991).
 
Anaerobic degradation in water :
Anaerobic half-life:
28d - 4d, scientific judgement based upon unacclimated aerobic 
biodegradation half-life (Howard 1991).
 
Total degradation in water :
Biodegradation:
1.8% by BOD
period: 14d
substance: 100 mg/l
sludge: 30 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
 
Bioconcentration factor, fishes :
0.7  < 0.7 - 1.9, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.1 mg/l,
1.9 
2.2  < 2.2 - 4.3, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.03 mg/l,
4.3  MITI 1992
 
Other information of bioaccumulation :
Confirmed to be non-accumulative or low accumulative (Anon.
1987).
 
EC50 values to algae, mg/l :
3.1  96hr, grw, Scenedesmus subspicatus
  Geyer et al. 1985
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
0.24  eggs, 96hr, Salmo gairdneri
1.45  96hr, Salmo gairdneri
  Sitthichaikasem 1978
  --
87  48hr, Oryzias latipes, MITI 1992
  --
1.33  96hr, Lepomis macrochirus, AQUIRE 1994

References
1848Anon. 1987a. The list of the existing chemical substances tested on biodegradability by microorganisms or bioaccumulation in fish body by Chemicals Inspection & Testing Institute. Ministry of International Trade and Industry, MITI. Japan.
3107AQUIRE 1993 -. Aquatic Toxity Information Retrieval Database. U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Washington, D.C.
1770Geyer, H. Scheunert, I. & Korte, F. 1985. The effects of organic environmental chemicals on the growth of the alga Scenedesmus subspicatus: A contribution to Environmental Biology. Chemosphere 14: 1355.
3120Howard, P.H., Boethling, R.S., Jarvis, W.F., Meylan, W.M. & Michalenko, E.M., Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates, 1991. Lewis Publicers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, U.S.A., pp. 725.
2777Mackay, D. 1982. Correlation of bioconcentration factors. Environ. Sci. Technol., 16(5): 274 - 278.
3105MITI 1992. Biodegradation and bioaccumulation data of existing chemicals based on the CSCL Japan. Compild under the Safety Division Basic Industries Bureau Ministry of International Trade & Industry, Japan. Edited by Chemicals Inspection & Testing Institute, Japan.
1292Sitthichaikasem, S. 1978. Some toxicological effects of phosphate esters on rainbow trout and bluegill. Dissertation ABs. 39: 7813246.

 
 
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