Registration Dossier

Data platform availability banner - registered substances factsheets

Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Environmental fate & pathways

Endpoint summary

Currently viewing:

Administrative data

Description of key information

Additional information

Alkenes C20 -24 do not contain any hydrolysable functional groups, so will not undergo hydrolysis. Two biodegradation screening studies are available which demonstrate that alkenes C20 -24 are readily biodegradable. Due to this, the simulation tests on degradation in water, soil and sediment are not required as alkenes C20 -24 are not expected to persist in the aquatic or terrestrial environment.

Log BCFs have been calculated on the basis of the calculated log Kow using a QSAR that is appropriate for icosene and docosene. These values have been read across to alkenes C20 - 24. The calculated log BCFs are 1.6 - 2.1. This indicates that alkenes C20 - 24 are not expected to pose a risk of bioaccumulation or secondary poisoning. A measured log Koc of >5.63 is available for alkenes C20 - 24. A log Koc of >6.56 has also been read across from hexadecene.