| Chemical |
4-methyl-2-pentanol |
| CAS-number : |
108-11-2 |
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| Synonyms : |
| 4-metyyli-2-pentanoli |
| Isobutylmethylcarbinol |
| isobutylmethylmethanol |
| methylamylalcohol |
| metyyliamyylialkoholi |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
|
C6H14O |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2035517 |
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| Uses : |
Solvent.
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| Odor : |
Quality: sweet, alcohol
Hedonic tone: unpleasant to pleasant
Threshold odour concentration
absolute: 0.33 ppm
50 % recognition: 0.52 ppm
100 % recognition: 0.52 ppm
Odour index 100 % recognition: 12 634
(Hellman & Small 1974)
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 133 |
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| Chemical oxygen demand, g O2/g : |
| 2.6 |
5 days, Bridie et al. 1979 |
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| Biochemical oxygen demand, g O2/g : |
| 2.82 |
5 days, Bridie et al. 1979 |
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| LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 2600 |
orl-rat |
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| EC50 values to microorganism, mg/l : |
| 2452 |
Biodegradation inhibition, |
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Vaishnav 1986 |
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| LC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
| 360 |
24hr, Carassius auratus |
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Bridie et al. 1979 |
References |
| 182 | Bridie, A.L. et al. 1979.
The acute toxicity of some
petrochemicals to goldfish.
Water Res. 13: 623. |
| 1680 | Bridie, A.L., Wolff, C.J.M. & Winter, M. 1979.
BOD and COD of
some petrochemicals.
Water Res. 13: 627 - 630. |
| 1673 | Hellman, T.M. & Small, F.H. 1974.
Characterization of the odour
properties of 101 petrochemicals using sensory methods.
J.
Air
Pollut.
Control Assoc. 24: 979 - 982. |
| 2416 | Vaishnav, D.
D. 1986.
Chemical structure-biodegradation
inhibition and fish acute toxicity relationships for narcotic
industri chemicals.
Toxicity Assessment 1: 227. |
| 2413 | Walker, J.
D. 1987.
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Journal WPCF 59 (6): 614 - 625. |
