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5.12.2025

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
1,4-diaminobenzene
CAS-number :
106-50-3
 
Synonyms :
1,4-diaminobentseeni
p-phenylenediamine.
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C6H8N2
EINECS-number :
2034047
 
Photochemical degradation in air :
Photooxidation half-life in air:
2.80hr - 0.28hr, based upon estimated photooxidation rate 
constant with ·OH (Howard 1991).
 
Photochemical degradation in water :
Photooxidation half-life in water:
72d - 1.3d, scientific judgement based upon photooxidation rate 
constants with ·OH and RO2· for the aromatic amine class. 
It is 
assumed that p-Phenylenediamine reacts twice as fast as aniline 
(Howard 1991).
 
Half-life in air, days :
0.116  2.80hr - 0.28hr,
0.0116  based upon estimated photooxidation half-lives in air.
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in soil, days :
28  4w - 7d,
scientific judgement based upon estimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-lives.
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in water, days :
28  4w - 1.3d,
1.3  in surface water: the high value is scientific judgement based upon estimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-life. The low value is based upon aqueous photooxidation half-life.
56  8w - 14d,
14  in ground water: scientific judgement based upon estimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-lives.
  Howard 1991
 
Aerobic degradation in water :
Aerobic half-life:
4w - 7d, scientific judgement based upon aerobic biological 
screening studies (Howard 1991).
 
Anaerobic degradation in water :
Anaerobic half-life:
16w - 28d, scientific judgement based upon estimated aquleous 
aerobic biodegradation half-lives (Howard 1991).
 
LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg :
100  orl-Agelaius phoeniceus
562  orl-Sturnus vulgaris
100  orl-Coturnix coturnix
422  orl-Passer domesticus
  Schafer et al. 1983
 
Other information of water organisms :
EC50 (60hr), 74 mg/l, rpd, Tetrahymena pyriformis (Schulz &
Applehans 1985).

References
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.
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.
1248Shultz, T.W. & Applehans, F.M. 1985. Correlations for the acute toxicity of multiple nitrogen substituted aromatic molecules. Ecotox. Environm. Safety 10: 75 - 85.

 
 
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