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28.3.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Acetanilide
CAS-number :
103-84-4
 
Synonyms :
antifebrin
asetanilidi
N-phenylacetamide
N-phenylethanamide.
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C8H9NO
EINECS-number :
2031507
 
Uses :
Stabilizer for cellulose ester coatings.
 
Odor :
Odour threshold: 270 mg/m3
 
Molecular weight :
135.16
 
Spesicif gravity (water=1) :
1.21  at 4/4°C
 
Water solubility, mg/l :
5630  25 °C
1000  /189 ml 6°C, MITI 1992
 
Melting point, °C :
114 
113  113 - 114, MITI 1992
114 
 
Boiling point, °C :
305 
304  760 mmHg, MITI 1992
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
0.95  ANON 1986
1.16  Sangster 1989
 
Log soil sorption coefficient, log Kom :
1.19  Sabljic 1987
 
Total degradation in water :
Biodegradation:
68.7 by BOD
period: 14d
substance: 100 mg/l
sludge: 30 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
 
Ready biodegradability :
Confirmed to be biodegradable (Anon. 1987).
 
Other information of mammals :
Rats, monkeys tolerated oral doses of 200 - 400 mg/kg for many
weeks (Patty 1967).
 
LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg :
100  >100, orl-Agelaius phoeniceus
100  >100, orl-Sturnus vulgaris
  Schafer et al. 1983
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
100  srv, act, 96 hr, Lepomis macrochirus,
  Gaynor et al. 1975
115  srv, act, 96 hr, Menidia audens,
  Gaynor et al. 1975

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.
1644Patty, F.A. 1967. Industrial hygiene and toxicology. Vol 2. Interscience Publishers.
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.
1743Schafer , E.W.Jr., Bowles, W.A.Jr., Hurlbut, J. 1983. The acute oral toxicity, repellency and hazard potential of 993 chemicals to one or more species of wild and domestic birds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12: 355 - 382.

 
 
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