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Phototransformation in air

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Parent compound lauroyl chloride and hydrolysis product lauric acid: After evaporation or exposure to the air, the product will be slowly degraded by photochemical processes.

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Parent compound lauroyl chloride: Based on an estimated OH radical rate constant of 15.8 E-12 cm3/(molecule*sec), the half-life of lauroyl

chloride was calculated to be 1.0 day (conditions: sensitiser for indirect photolysis: OH; 0.5 E06 OH/cm3, 24-h d; BASF SE, 2012). Based on the EPI Suite calculation the substance will be slowly degraded by photochemical processes, after evaporation or exposure to air.

This estimation refers to dry air. In mist, rain, droplets and aerosols, hydrolysis will be the major fate process of the acid chloride due to the short half-life in aqueous solution. Therefore this estimate may be of low relevance.

Hydrolysis product lauric acid: Based on an estimated OH radical rate constant of 14.0 E-12 cm3/(molecule*sec), the half-life of lauric acid was calculated to be 1.1 days (conditions: sensitiser for indirect photolysis: OH; 0.5 E06 OH/cm3, 24-h d; BASF SE, 2012). Based on the EPI Suite calculation the substance will be slowly degraded by photochemical processes, after evaporation or exposure to air.