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Environmental fate & pathways

Biodegradation in water: screening tests

Administrative data

Endpoint:
biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
Data waiving:
study technically not feasible
Justification for data waiving:
other:

Data source

Materials and methods

Test material

Constituent 1
Reference substance name:
[TN]1-Methylheptyl cyanoacrylate[/TN][SPEC][/SPEC][AM][/AM]
IUPAC Name:
[TN]1-Methylheptyl cyanoacrylate[/TN][SPEC][/SPEC][AM][/AM]

Study design

Inoculum or test system:
not specified

Results and discussion

% Degradation
Remarks on result:
other: study technically not feasible: Test substance polmerises on contact with water within seconds

Any other information on results incl. tables

study technically not feasible: Test substance polmerises on contact with water within seconds

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
Study technically not feasible: Test substance polmerises on contact with water within seconds.
Executive summary:

Tests in aqueous media with ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate with the intent to determine effective concentrations or no effect concentrations can not be performed due to technical reasons based on the chemical properties of the monomer. In presence of moisture ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate polmerises within seconds (inherent property of ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate based instant glues). Thus, very low determined monomer concentrations in water represent a non ateady state situation from which a defined effective concentration can not be derived.