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EC number: 212-084-8 | CAS number: 760-93-0
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
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- Endpoint summary
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- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
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- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
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- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
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- Irritation / corrosion
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- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
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- Specific investigations
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- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Short-term toxicity to fish
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- short-term toxicity to fish
- Type of information:
- read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 23.03.1989 - 27-03-1989
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: The study was performed to an EPA guidline which is very similar to the relevant OECD guideline.
- Justification for type of information:
- REPORTING FORMAT FOR THE ANALOGUE APPROACH
1. HYPOTHESIS FOR THE ANALOGUE APPROACH
Methacrylic acid is the hydrolysis product of Methacrylic anhydride. One molecule of methacrylic anhydride willl hydrolyse into two molelules methacrylic acid.
2. SOURCE AND TARGET CHEMICAL(S) (INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PURITY AND IMPURITIES)
Source substance: Methacrylic acid, purity >= 98 %
Target substance: Methacrylic anhydride: purity: >=94 %, other components: Methacrylic acid and adducts of methacrylic aanhydride and adducts of methacrylic acid and methacrylic anhydride.
3. ANALOGUE APPROACH JUSTIFICATION
Like other acid anhydrides, methacrylic anhydride was found to be hydrolytically unstable in water at pH 4, 7 and 9. The half lives (DT50) were found to be 56.4 min at pH 4 (25 °C), 25.5 min at pH 7 (25 °C) respectively 10.3 min at 37 °C and 2.29 min at pH 9. The initial hydrolysis product is methacrylic acid (Noack 2012).
4. Data Matrix
Target: Methacrylic anhydride CAS 760-93-0
Source: Methacrylic acid CAS 79-41-4 - Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- read-across source
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- purity: 99.72 % (glacial MAA). Lot 5-0523-88. received from Rohm and Hass Company. Light yellow liquid stored at room temperature
- Analytical monitoring:
- yes
- Details on sampling:
- Samples for analytical measurements were taken at 0 and 96 hrs. Comtrol and glacial MAA fortified samples were also determined at each sampling period.
- Vehicle:
- no
- Details on test solutions:
- A diluter stock solution (38 mg/ml) was prepared by dissolving 76 g of test substance in 2 liters of dilution water. The injector volume was adjusted
to deliver 5 ml of stock to 1.9 liters of dilution water. - Test organisms (species):
- Oncorhynchus mykiss (previous name: Salmo gairdneri)
- Details on test organisms:
- Lot 5588 from Mt Lassen Trout Farms in Red Bluff, CA.
Control fish had a mean weight of 1.0 g and a mean length of 41 mm at the end of the test. The biomass loading was 0.093 g/l/day. Fish were temperature acclimated in the absence of food for 72 hours before intiation of the test. - Test type:
- flow-through
- Water media type:
- freshwater
- Limit test:
- no
- Total exposure duration:
- 96 h
- Hardness:
- 47 - 48 mg CaCO3/l
- Test temperature:
- 11 - 12 °C
- pH:
- 5.3 - 7.8
- Dissolved oxygen:
- 8.2 - 9.4 mg/l
- Nominal and measured concentrations:
- Nominal 6.5, 13, 25, 50 and 100 mg/L
Measured 6.2, 12, 23, 46, and 97 mg/L - Details on test conditions:
- Twenty fish per concentration plus a dilution water control were used in a duplicate nominal dosing regimine. Temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH measured at all test concentrations at 0, 48 and 96 hours.
- Reference substance (positive control):
- no
- Duration:
- 96 h
- Dose descriptor:
- NOEC
- Effect conc.:
- 12 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (not specified)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- mortality (fish)
- Key result
- Duration:
- 96 h
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect conc.:
- 85 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (not specified)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- mortality (fish)
- Details on results:
- 65 % mortality ocurred at 97 mg/L. Sublethal behavior responses were noted in the 23, 46 and 97 mg/L groups.
- Sublethal observations / clinical signs:
Mortality during the acute flow-through toxicity test of methacrylic acid to Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
Meas. Test conc. [mg/l]
Number placed in Test
24-hour mortality
48-hour mortality
72-hour mortality
96-hour mortality
control
20
0
0
0
0
6.2
20
0
0
0
0
12
20
0
0
0
0
23
20
0
0
0
0
46
20
0
0
0
0
97
20
0
1
8
13
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Conclusions:
- Methacrylic anhydride rapidly hydrolysis to methacrylic acid in aqueous media. Therefore assessment of aquatic toxicity to Methacrylic anhydride based on studies with methacrylic acid is recommended.
In an acute toxicity study to fish under flow through conditions study with Salmo gairdneri (new name: Oncorhynchus mykiss), methacrylic acid was testet in duplicate at nominal test concentrations of 6.5, 13, 25, 50 and 100 mg/l upt to 96 hours. LC50 (96 h) was estimated to be 85 mg/l based on the mean measured concentrations of 6.2, 12, 23, 46 and 97 mg/l. - Executive summary:
Methacrylic anhydride rapidly hydrolysis to methacrylic acid in aqueous media. Therefore assessment of aquatic toxicity to Methacrylic anhydride based on studies with methacrylic acid is recommended.
In an acute toxicity study to fish under flow through conditions study with Salmo gairdneri (new name: Oncorhynchus mykiss), methacrylic acid was testet in duplicate at nominal test concentrations of 6.5, 13, 25, 50 and 100 mg/l upt to 96 hours. LC50 (96 h) was estimated to be 85 mg/l based on the mean measured concentrations of 6.2, 12, 23, 46 and 97 mg/l.
Reference
Description of key information
LC50(96h) for freshwater fish of the hydrolysis product methacrylic acid: 85 mg/l
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Fresh water fish
Fresh water fish
- Effect concentration:
- 85 mg/L
Additional information
Methacrylic anhydride is hydrolytically unstable in water. The initial hydrolysis product is methacrylic acid. The LC50 (96 h) of methacrylic acid for fresh water fish was 85 mg/l (measured concentration). Methacrylic acid was also tested with salt water fish with LC50 (96h) of 833 mg/l (nominal;concentration analytically confirmed, 0-8 % differing from nominal concentrations under test conditions).
The following information is taken into account for any hazard / risk / persistency assessment:
LC50 (96 h) of methacrylic acid for freshwater fish: 85 mg/l
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