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24.4.2024

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Chemical
Anisole
CAS-number :
100-66-3
 
Synonyms :
Phenol methyl ether
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C7H8O
EINECS-number :
2028761
 
Water solubility, mg/l :
100  MITI 1992
 
Melting point, °C :
-37  MITI 1992
 
Boiling point, °C :
155  155-156, MITI 1992
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
2.1  ANON 1986
2.11  Sangster 1989
 
Log soil sorption coefficient, log Kom :
1.3  Sabljic 1987
 
Total degradation in water :
Biodegradation:
56% by BOD (on the upward trend)
period: 14d
substance: 100 mg/l
sludge: 30 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
 
Ready biodegradability :
Confirmed to be biodegradable (Anon. 1987).

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.
2283Anon.1986a. Evaluation of the OECD laboratory intercomparison testing on the determination of the partition coefficient n-octanol-water by reverse phase HPLC. Report. Fraunhofer-Institut für Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie.
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.
2324Sabljic, A. 1987. On the prediction of soil sorption coefficients of organic pollutants from molecular structure: application of molecular topology model. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21: 358 - 366.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.

 
 
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