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26.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
3-Chlorobiphenyl
CAS-number :
2051-61-8
 
Synonyms :
1,1'-Biphenyl, 3-chloro-
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C12H9Cl
EINECS-number :
2181261
 
Water solubility, mg/l :
3.3 
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
4.58  Sangster 1989
 
Other information of degradation :
Biodegradation: 100 % degradation after 1 hour by Alcaligenes Y42
(cell number 200000000/ml) and Acinetobacter P6 (cell
number 44000000/ml) at 9.3 mg/l initial concentration,
trimethylsilyl derivative of monochlorobenzoic acid was
detected in the metabolite (Verschueren 1983).
 
Other information of bioaccumulation :
Marine yeast Rhodotorula rubra: bioconcentration coefficient:
1180 in whole cells; 59000 in their lipid portion (Cole et al.
1979).

References
2085Cole, M.A., Reichart, P.B., & Button, D.K. 1979. Reversible bioconcentration of monochlorobiphenyls by Rhodotorula rubra: correlations with aqueous solubility of substrate. Bull. Environm. Contam. Toxicol. 23: 44 - 50.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.
1468Verschueren, K. 1983. Handbook of environmental data of organic chemicals. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Inc., New York. 1310 s.

 
 
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