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Adsorption / desorption

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Description of key information

Adsorption to solid soil phase is expected.

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Additional information

Since no test data on adsorption/desorption behaviour of the test substance are available a conclusion by analogy approach to the structure analogue substance 4,6-bis(octylthiomethyl)-o-cresol (CAS 110553-27-0) has been applied. In this GLP-study according to OECD guideline 106, the adsorption/desorption characateristics were tested in 5 soils. The resulting Koc-values ranged from >18 to >109.

Read across justification:

According to regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex XI, paragraph 1.5., substances whose physicochemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological properties are likely to be similar or follow a regular pattern as a result of structural similarity may be considered as a group, or "category" of substances. Environmental effects or environmental fate may be predicted from data for reference substance(s) within the group by interpolation to other substances in the group (read-across approach).

The substance (EC No. 402 -860 -6) has an identical basic structure as the read across substance (EC No. 438 -600 -3). The only difference between the two substances are the carbon side chains which vary in length. EC No. 402 -860 -6 contains 8 C-atoms whereas EC No. 438 -600 -3 contains 12 C-atoms. The physical and chemical properties are very similar. Thus, it is acceptable to predict the environmental behaviour from data of EC No. 402 -860 -6.