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Environmental fate & pathways

Endpoint summary

Administrative data

Description of key information

2-ethylhexyl chloroformate is rapidly hydrolysed to 2-ethylhexanol, HCl and CO2. The hydrolysis product 2-ethylhexanol is readily biodegradable.

Additional information

2 -Ethylhexyl chloroformate is rapidly hydrolysed to 2-ethylhexanol, HCl and CO2. The hydrolysis product 2-ethylhexanol is readily biodegradable (BASF AG, 1989; NITE, 2008). Regarding the hydrolysis products HCl and CO2, biodegradation is not applicable due to the inorganic character of these molecules.