Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 240-926-4 | CAS number: 16891-37-5
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Magnesium diethyl dicarbamate hydrolyses rapidly in contact with moisture or water (t1/2 < 1 minute) into carbon dioxide, ethanol and magnesium hydroxide. All hydrolysis products are natural occurring substances.
The hydrolysis product ethanol is readily biodegradable in water, soil and sediment
Compared to other loss mechanisms identified, including volatilization and chemical degradation, biodegradation is expected to be the dominant process controlling the fate of ethanol in the soil, groundwater, and surface water environments
Due to the high solubility of ethanol in water and its low octanol-water partition coefficient adsorption to soil is considered to be negligible. Given the value of the Henry's Law constant, once in water, ethanol is likely to remain in the aqueous phase. No bioaccumulation is expected.
Hydrolysis product magnesium hydroxide:
Magnesium hydroxide is a naturally occurring mineral (Brucite)
The substance is an inorganic hydroxide and as such is not subject to biodegradation, the study is technical not feasible.
Magnesium hydroxide is an inorganic substance, it is unlikely to cross biological membranes. Magnesium hydroxide has no bioaccumulation potential.
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