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Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Environmental fate & pathways

Endpoint summary

Administrative data

Description of key information

5.1 Stability


Although stability studies are not required for n-butyraldehyde according to the REACH regulation; Investigations were conducted to measure the percentage degradation of n-butyraldehyde when exposed to light. It was found that there was at least a 50 % degradation of the substance between 2 and 16.4 hours.

Additional information