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Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

Selectophore^™

• Synonym(s): DEHP, Phthalic acid bis(2-ethylhexyl ester), ‘Dioctyl’ phthalate
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₄H₃₈O₄
• CAS Number: 117-81-7
• Molecular Weight: 390.56
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1890696
• EC Number: 204-211-0
• MDL number: MFCD00009493
• UNSPSC Code: 26111700
• PubChem Substance ID: 329768715
• NACRES: NB.61
• bp: 386 °C (lit.)

Properties

• description: for ion-selective electrodes
• Quality Level: 200
• product line: Selectophore^™
• form: viscous liquid (clear)
• bp: 386 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.985 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: CCCCC(CC)COC(=O)c1ccccc1C(=O)OCC(CC)CCCC
• InChI: 1S/C24H38O4/c1-5-9-13-19(7-3)17-27-23(25)21-15-11-12-16-22(21)24(26)28-18-20(8-4)14-10-6-2/h11-12,15-16,19-20H,5-10,13-14,17-18H2,1-4H3
• InChI key: BJQHLKABXJIVAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), is a phthalate ester which is a dialkyl or aryl/alkyl diesters of phthalic acid. It is mostly used as additives for imparting flexibility to polymers in plastics technology. Generally, phthalate ester are hydrophobic compounds which displays strong potential for adsorption.

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Application

DEHP may be used as plasticisers in studying the transcriptional activity of human sodium/iodide symporter.

Legal Information

Selectophore is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H360FD
• pcodes: P201 - P202 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P405 - P501
• Hazard Classifications: Repr. 1B
• Storage Class: 6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 392.0 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup
• flash_point_c: 200 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter