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The overall environmental fate profile indicates that the substance is of low persistence in the environment. The substance is rapidly eliminated from the water body, either by translocation into the sediment or by degradation.

Amines, N-C10-C16-alkyltrimethylenedi-, reaction products with chloroacetic acid is considered to be hydrolytically stable, half-life periods at pH 4, 7 and 9 can be expected to exceed one year at 25°C (OECD guideline 111, GLP). Direct phototransformation within a period of 30 days of natural summer sunlight is an insignificant process for the test item within the environmentally relevant pH range of natural waters between pH 5 and 9 (Draft OECD 316). However, the substance is considered as readily biodegradable and will therefore be degraded in aquatic environment.

Based on the physico-chemical parameters, the test item is well soluble in water, has a low potential for volatilisation (vapour pressure: 1.9E-4 Pa at 20 °C) and a low potential for bioaccumulation (Log D : -3.742 to 2.599 at pH 7). Adsorption of the substance to organic matter in soil and sediment can be expected based on the geom. mean normalised KOC of 58119 L/kg (n=5, soils). In case Amines, N-C10-C16-alkyltrimethylenedi-, reaction products with chloroacetic acid is released to the environment, it will mainly partition to the sediment and soil compartment. However, the substance is not expected to persist in these environmental compartments due to ready biodegradability.

In conclusion, Amines, N-C10-C16-alkyltrimethylenedi-, reaction products with chloroacetic acid is considered to partition to suspended organic matter of sediments with a high potential to adsorb to soil and can be classified for low mobility. However, under environmental aerobic conditions the substance will be degraded by microbial activity within a short time period.