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Administrative data

Endpoint:
appearance / physical state / colour
Type of information:
other: handbook
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Cited references regarded as reliable by OECD

Data source

Referenceopen allclose all

Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Hazardous Substances Databank
Author:
US National Library of Medicine
Year:
2009
Bibliographic source:
http://www.toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed
Author:
Lewis RJ (Ed
Year:
1993
Bibliographic source:
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, NY, p392
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Patty's Toxicology, 5th ed, chapter 86
Author:
Bingham E, Cohrssen B, Powell CH (eds)
Year:
2001
Bibliographic source:
John Wiley & Sons Inc, NY
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Ashford's dictionary of industrial chemicals
Author:
Ashford RD
Year:
1994
Bibliographic source:
p302, Published London, Wavelength publications

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline required
GLP compliance:
not specified
Remarks:
not applicable

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol
EC Number:
203-906-6
EC Name:
2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol
Cas Number:
111-77-3
Molecular formula:
C5H12O3
IUPAC Name:
2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol
Details on test material:
no data

Results and discussion

Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
liquid
Form / colour / odour
Form:
other: mobile
Colour:
Colourless
Odour:
other: mild, pleasant, ether like
Substance type:
organic

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
The substance is colourless liquid and has a mild, pleasant, ether like odour
Executive summary:

A reliable handbook source indicated that the substance is colourless liquid and has a mild, pleasant, ether like odour.