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Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

Selectophore™

Synonym(s):

DEHP, Phthalic acid bis(2-ethylhexyl ester), ‘Dioctyl’ phthalate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C24H38O4
CAS Number:
117-81-7
Molecular Weight:
390.56
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
NACRES:
NB.61
PubChem Substance ID:
329768715
EC Number:
204-211-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1890696
MDL number:
MFCD00009493
bp:
386 °C (lit.)

Product Name

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Selectophore™

InChI key

BJQHLKABXJIVAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C24H38O4/c1-5-9-13-19(7-3)17-27-23(25)21-15-11-12-16-22(21)24(26)28-18-20(8-4)14-10-6-2/h11-12,15-16,19-20H,5-10,13-14,17-18H2,1-4H3

SMILES string

CCCCC(CC)COC(=O)c1ccccc1C(=O)OCC(CC)CCCC

description

for ion-selective electrodes

product line

Selectophore™

form

viscous liquid (clear)

bp

386 °C (lit.)

density

0.985 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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Application

DEHP may be used as plasticisers in studying the transcriptional activity of human sodium/iodide symporter.

General description

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), is a phthalate ester which is a dialkyl or aryl/alkyl diesters of phthalic acid. It is mostly used as additives for imparting flexibility to polymers in plastics technology. Generally, phthalate ester are hydrophobic compounds which displays strong potential for adsorption.
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Legal Information

Selectophore is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Health hazard
GHS08

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Danger

hcodes

H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

392.0 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

flash_point_c

200 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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BCCN8528
BCCL7732
BCCH1049
BCCG4508
BCCD6398

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Oral toxicity of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate during pregnancy and suckling in the Long-Evans rat.
Arcadi FA
Food And Chemical Toxicology, 36(11), 963-970 (1998)
Removal of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate at a sewage treatment plant.
Marttinen SK
Water Research, 37(6), 1385-1393 (2003)
Océane Albert et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 164(1), 129-141 (2018-06-27)
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), a widely used plasticizer, is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant and may act as an endocrine disruptor. Early life exposures to DEHP may result in anti-androgenic effects, impairing the development of the male reproductive tract. However, data on
Biodegradation of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in a soil slurry-sequencing batch reactor.
Juneson, Christopher, Owen P. Ward, and Ajay Singh.
Process. Biochem., 37.3, 305-313 (2001)
The promoter of the human sodium/iodide symporter responds to certain phthalate plasticisers.
Breous E, Wenzel A, Loos U.
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 244(1-2), 75-78 (2005)
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