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Environmental fate & pathways

Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
Type of information:
not specified
Adequacy of study:
supporting study
Reliability:
4 (not assignable)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Data from secondary literature source.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
secondary source
Title:
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Alpha-Methylbenzyl Alcohol
Author:
United States National Library of Medicine
Year:
2010

Materials and methods

Principles of method if other than guideline:
No data
GLP compliance:
not specified
Type of study / information:
Half-life of the substance in anaerobic condition, either in w ater or soil (not specified in the reference).

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
1-phenylethanol
EC Number:
202-707-1
EC Name:
1-phenylethanol
Cas Number:
98-85-1
Molecular formula:
C8H10O
IUPAC Name:
1-phenylethan-1-ol

Results and discussion

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
An half life of alpha-methylbenzyl alcohol is 7 days. Acetophenone was produced as a metabolite.
Executive summary:

An half life of alpha-methylbenzyl alcohol is 7 days. Acetophenone was produced as a metabolite. Data from secondary literature source therefore a reliability of 4 is assigned.