49617

Dihexyl phthalate

analytical standard

• Synonym(s): 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid 1,2-dihexyl ester, Di-n-hexyl phthalate, Phthalic acid dihexyl ester
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₀H₃₀O₄
• CAS Number: 84-75-3
• Molecular Weight: 334.45
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1886839
• EC Number: 201-559-5
• MDL number: MFCD00043720
• UNSPSC Code: 77101502
• PubChem Substance ID: 329757486
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: analytical standard
• Quality Level: 100
• assay: ≥99.0% (GC)
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• refractive index: n20/D 1.486-1.489
• application(s): cleaning products; cosmetics; environmental; food and beverages; personal care
• format: neat
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: O=C(OCCCCCC)C1=CC=CC=C1C(OCCCCCC)=O
• InChI: 1S/C20H30O4/c1-3-5-7-11-15-23-19(21)17-13-9-10-14-18(17)20(22)24-16-12-8-6-4-2/h9-10,13-14H,3-8,11-12,15-16H2,1-2H3
• InChI key: KCXZNSGUUQJJTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Dihexyl phthalate, a phthalic acid ester, is generally found in food and beverage products. It is used in cosmetics, and as an additive and a plasticizer in plastic production and food packaging materials. Dihexyl phthalate is regarded as a common environmental contaminant.

Application

Dihexyl phthalate may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in food samples, beverages, and bottled water by various chromatography techniques.

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Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H360FD
• pcodes: P201 - P202 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P405 - P501
• Hazard Classifications: Repr. 1B
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: 350.6 °F
• flash_point_c: 177 °C