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24.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Allylchloride
CAS-number :
107-05-1
 
Synonyms :
3-chloro-1-propene
3-chloro-1-propylene
3-chloropropene
allyylikloridi
chloroallylene
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
CH2=CH-CH2Cl C3H5Cl
EINECS-number :
2034576
 
State and appearance :
Colourless to pale yellow.
 
Odor :
Characteristic: garlic-onion pungency, green.

Threshold Odour Concentration; 0.660 mg/m3 = 0.21 ppm
                               1500 ppm
  50 % recognition: 0.21 ppm
 100 % recognition: 25 ppm

Population Identification Threshold 50: 0.21 ppm
Population Identification Threshold 100: 0.47 ppm
                                         1.5 mg/m3 = 0.47 ppm

(Verschueren 1983).
 
Molecular weight :
76.53
 
Spesicif gravity (water=1) :
0.94  at 20/4 °C
 
Vapor density (air=1) :
2.64 
 
Conversion factor, 1 ppm in air=_mg/m3 :
3.18  mg/m3
 
Conversion factor, 1 mg/m3 in air=_ppm :
0.314  ppm
 
Vapor pressure, mmHg :
340  20°C
440  30°C
 
Water solubility, mg/l :
100 
2300  MITI 1992
 
Melting point, °C :
-135 
-134.5  MITI 1992
 
Boiling point, °C :
44  44 - 45.5
45.5 
45  MITI 1992
 
Henry's law constant, Pa x m3/mol :
919.2  calc. Yaws et al. 1991
 
Photochemical degradation in air :
Photooxidation half-life in air:
28.8hr - 3.03hr, scientific judgement based upon measured rate 
constant for reaction with hydroxyl radicals and estimated rate 
constant for reaction with ozone (Howard 1991).
 
Hydrolysis in water :
First-order hydrolysis half-life:
14d - 6.9d, (t1/2 at pH 5-9) based upon measured neutral 
hydrolysis rate constants at 20 °C (low t1/2) and 25 °C (high 
t1/2) (Howard 1991).
 
Chemical oxygen demand, g O2/g :
0.86  5 days, Bridie et al. 1979
 
Biochemical oxygen demand, g O2/g :
0.23  5 days, Bridie et al. 1979
 
Half-life in air, days :
1.2  28.8hr - 3.03hr,
0.126  scientific judgement based upon estimated photooxidation half-life in air.
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in soil, days :
14  14d - 6.9d,
6.9  (t1/2 at pH 5-9) based upon measured neutral hydrolysis rate constants in water at 20 °C (low t1/2) and 25 °C (high t1/2).
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in water, days :
14  14d - 6.9d,
6.9  in surface half-life and in ground water: (t1/2 at pH 5-9) based upon measured neutral hydrolysis rate constants at 20 °C (low t1/2) and 25 °C (high t1/2).
  Howard 1991
 
Aerobic degradation in water :
Aerobic half-life: 
4we - 7d, scientific judgement based upon unacclimated aqueous 
aerobic sceering test data (Howard 1991).
 
Anaerobic degradation in water :
Anaerobic half-life:
16we - 28d, scientific judgement based upon estimated 
unacclimated aqueous aqerobic biodegradation half-life.

(Howard 1991).
 
Total degradation in water :
Biodegradation:
55-69% by BOD
period: 28d
substance: 100 mg/l
sludge: 30 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
 
Ready biodegradability :
Confirmed to be biodegradable (Anon. 1987).
 
Other information of degradation :
Impact on biodegradation processes: 75 % decrease of
nitrification by activated sludge at 180 mg/l (Meinck et al.
1970).
 
Bioconcentration factor, fishes :
0.14  < 0.14 - 0.88, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.5 mg/l,
0.88 
1.3  < 1.3 - 5.60, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.05 mg/l,
5.6  MITI 1992
 
LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg :
64  orl-rat, Lewis & Sweet 1984
  --
700  orl-rat, Patty 1967
 
LD50 values to mammals in non-oral exposure , mg/kg :
2066  kn-rbt, Lewis & Sweet 1984
 
Other information of mammals :
Rat: max, exposure time concentrations: 290 ppm, 3 hr
     inhalation: 2900 ppm, 1 hr
                 29300 ppm, 15 min

Rat, guinea pig, rabbit: liver injury: 8 ppm, 7 hr/day, 5
days/w, 28 days

Rat, guinea pig, rabbit: died after 127 - 134 exposures at 3 ppm

(Patty 1967).
 
Health effects :
Man: very irritating to the eyes and upper respiratory tract
     eye irritating 50 - 100 ppm
     (Patty 1967)
 
Carcinogenicity :
NCI carcinogenesis bioassay completed: results indefinite,mus;
negative,rat (Lewis & Sweet 1984).
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 115 mg/l (Bringmann & Kühn
1980a).
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
6.3  Scenedesmus quadricauda,
  Bringmann & Kuhn 1980 a
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
19.8  srv, act, 96 hr, Pimephales promelas,
  Pickering & Henderson 1966
10  srv, act, 24 hr, Carassius auratus,
  Bridie et al. 1979
1.2  srv, schr, 14 d, Poelicia reticulata,
  Hermens et al. 1985
  --
6.9  48hr, Oryzias latipes, MITI 1992
 
Other information of water organisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda: 6.3 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 8.4 mg/l
protozoa (Uronema parduczi): > 240 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a, 1980b).
 
Other information :
Hardness of water decreases toxicity (Pickering & Henderson
1966).

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.
1680Bridie, A.L., Wolff, C.J.M. & Winter, M. 1979. BOD and COD of some petrochemicals. Water Res. 13: 627 - 630.
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.
577Hermens, J., Leeuwangh, P. & Musch, A. 1985a. Joint toxicity of mixtures of groups of organic aquatic pollutants to the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Ecotox. Environm. Safety 9: 321 - 326.
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.
1589Lewis, R.J. & Sweet, D.V. 1984. Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. No. 83-107-4.
950Meinck, F., Stoof, H. & Kohlschutter, H. 1970. Les eaux residuaires industrielles.
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.
1644Patty, F.A. 1967. Industrial hygiene and toxicology. Vol 2. Interscience Publishers.
1129Pickering, Q.H. & Henderson, C. 1966. Acute toxicity of some important petrochemicals to fish. J. Water Pollut. Control Feder. 38: 1419 - 1429.
3030Yaws, C., Yang, H-C. & Pan, X. 1991. Henry's law constants for 362 organic compounds in water. Chemical Engineering. November. p 179 - 185.

 
 
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