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Physical & Chemical properties

Water solubility

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
water solubility
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
weight of evidence
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Sources are collections of data in handbooks, review articles or official reports.

Data source

Referenceopen allclose all

Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals, 4th Edition.
Author:
Verschueren K
Year:
2001
Bibliographic source:
John Wiley & Sons
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
Dimethylformamide, SIDS Initial Assessment Report For SIAM 13
Author:
OECD
Year:
2001
Bibliographic source:
UNEP PUBLICATIONS
Reference Type:
review article or handbook
Title:
N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE
Author:
Lewis M., G. Long and M.E. Meek
Year:
2001
Bibliographic source:
Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 31

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
No data available
GLP compliance:
not specified

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
N,N-dimethylformamide
EC Number:
200-679-5
EC Name:
N,N-dimethylformamide
Cas Number:
68-12-2
Molecular formula:
C3H7NO
IUPAC Name:
N,N-dimethylformamide
Test material form:
not specified

Results and discussion

Water solubilityopen allclose all
Water solubility:
940 g/L
Remarks on result:
other: Source: Verschueren and OECD
Water solubility:
1 040 g/L
Remarks on result:
other: Source: Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 31

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
DMF is highly soluble in water (miscible with water in every ratio), and the same is to be expected for DMF.HCl as HCl is highly ionisable.