Registration Dossier
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EC number: 209-750-5 | CAS number: 592-34-7
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Additional information
Butyl chloroformate rapidly hydrolyses in contact with water to form butanol (CAS 71 -36 -3), hydrogen chloride (CAS 7647-01-0) and carbon dioxide (CAS 124-38-9). Due to this rapid hydrolysis, the assessment of most environmental fate parameters for the parent compound in aqueous/moist environments is considered to be of low relevance.
Phototransformation
After evaporation or exposure to the air, the parent substance will be slowly degraded by photochemical processes. This assessment refers to dry air. In mist, rain, droplets and aerosols,
hydrolysis will be the major fate process due to the short half-life in aqueous environments. Therefore this estimate may be of low relevance.
Hydrolysis
Butyl chloroformate will rapidly hydrolyse in contact with water to form butanol (CAS 71 -36 -3), hydrogen chloride (CAS 7647-01-0) and carbon dioxide (CAS 124-38-9). Therefore, for all
environmental compartments except air, available data on the environmental fate and pathways of the hydrolysis products is provided.
Biodegradation
The substance is readily biodegradable (by OECD criteria)..
Bioaccumulation
Accumulation in organisms is not to be expected.
Adsorption / desorption
Adsorption of the substance to the solid soil phase is not expected.
Henry's Law constant
The hydrolysis product butanol will slowly evaporate into the atmosphere from the water surface.
Distribution modelling
Over time, the uncharged hydrolysis product butanol will preferentially distribute into the compartment water (73.3%) and air (26.6%).
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