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Bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl)phthalate

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Bis(1,3-dimethylbutyl)phthalate, Phthalic acid bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl) ester

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H30O4
CAS Number:
84-63-9
Molecular Weight:
334.45
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329759700
MDL number:
MFCD00152287
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3368171

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InChI key

UAFXUVUVOTXFND-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

O=C(OC(CC(C)C)C)C1=CC=CC=C1C(OC(CC(C)C)C)=O

InChI

1S/C20H30O4/c1-13(2)11-15(5)23-19(21)17-9-7-8-10-18(17)20(22)24-16(6)12-14(3)4/h7-10,13-16H,11-12H2,1-6H3

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥98.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

General description

Bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl)phthalate (BMPP), a phthalate ester (PAE), is extensively used as a plasticizer to improve the flexibility and durability of the end products.

Application

Bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl)phthalate is used as a reference standard for the determination of the analyte in various samples by analytical methods.

pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Ji-Cai Fan et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 37(11), 1897-1905 (2020-09-23)
This study describes the migration of 20 phthalates from breast milk storage bags to breast milk after storage frozen for 1 to 6 months. Analysis of the investigated phthalates was performed by GC-MS/MS. Nine phthalates were found in some of the
Phthalate esters in soil, plastic film, and vegetable from greenhouse vegetable production bases in Beijing, China: concentrations, sources, and risk assessment
Li C, et al.
The Science of the Total Environment, 568, 1037-1043 (2016)
The influence of facility agriculture production on phthalate esters distribution in black soils of northeast China
Zhang Y, et al.
The Science of the Total Environment, 506, 118-125 (2015)
Solid-phase extraction based on chloromethylated polystyrene magnetic nanospheres followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry to determine phthalate esters in beverages
Cao X, et al.
Journal of Separation Science, 37(24), 3677-3683 (2014)
Yutong Li et al.
Chemosphere, 268, 128821-128821 (2020-11-16)
The residue of phthalate acid esters (PAEs) in plastic film greenhouses had become a global concern environmental pollution problem. However, few studies have focused on the occurrence and fate of PAEs in the soil-air interface of the greenhouses. In this
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