Methyl-PEG2-alcohol
Names
[ CAS No. ]:
111-77-3
[ Name ]:
Methyl-PEG2-alcohol
[Synonym ]:
2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol
2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)-Ethanol
Diglycol monomethyl ether
Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether
Ethanol, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-
EINECS 203-906-6
Methyl carbitol
2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol,Methyldiglycol
MFCD00002871
Biological Activity
[Description]:
[Related Catalog]:
[Target]
PEGs
[In Vitro]
[References]
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
1.0±0.1 g/cm3
[ Boiling Point ]:
194.1±0.0 °C at 760 mmHg
[ Melting Point ]:
−70 °C(lit.)
[ Molecular Formula ]:
C5H12O3
[ Molecular Weight ]:
120.147
[ Flash Point ]:
83.9±0.0 °C
[ Exact Mass ]:
120.078644
[ PSA ]:
38.69000
[ LogP ]:
-1.16
[ Vapour density ]:
4.14 (vs air)
[ Vapour Pressure ]:
0.1±0.8 mmHg at 25°C
[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.413
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Hygroscopic. Store under nitrogen.
[ Water Solubility ]:
Miscible
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- KL6125000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Ethanol, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 111-77-3
- BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :
- 1697812
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199710
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 26
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- C5-H12-O3
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 120.17
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- Q2O2O1
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
- Standard Draize test
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration into the eye
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- REFERENCE :
- UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/21/1967
- TYPE OF TEST :
- Standard Draize test
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration into the eye
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- REFERENCE :
- 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,628,1986 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 4 mL/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0520737
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LC - Lethal concentration
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- >2 gm/m3/1H
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516703
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 2722 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
- REFERENCE :
- GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest. Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,37,1990
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 8222 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
- REFERENCE :
- GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest. Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,37,1990
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 2611 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
- REFERENCE :
- GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest. Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,37,1990
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 7190 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516797
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration onto the skin
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 2500 uL/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes Gastrointestinal - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516797
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - guinea pig
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 4160 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Behavioral - general anesthetic Gastrointestinal - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
- REFERENCE :
- JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,259,1941 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 107 gm/kg/6W-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Behavioral - food intake (animal) Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0570960
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 5052 mg/kg/30D-C
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Blood - pigmented or nucleated red blood cells Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - phosphatases Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - other proteins
- REFERENCE :
- GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest. Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,37,1990
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 40 gm/kg/4W-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes Liver - other changes Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - peptidases
- REFERENCE :
- TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 76,49,1992
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 40 gm/kg/20D-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Liver - changes in liver weight Endocrine - changes in thymus weight Related to Chronic Data - changes in testicular weight
- REFERENCE :
- BECTA6 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,602,1990
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration onto the skin
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - guinea pig
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 65 gm/kg/13W-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Endocrine - changes in spleen weight Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - dehydrogenases
- REFERENCE :
- FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,339,1986 ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 19800 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 7-17 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Maternal Effects - parturition Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - cardiovascular (circulatory) system
- REFERENCE :
- AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 070944) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,228,1993
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 21650 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 7-16 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured before birth) Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - cardiovascular (circulatory) system
- REFERENCE :
- FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,430,1986
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 19800 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 7-17 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - urogenital system
- REFERENCE :
- AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 070944) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,228,1993
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 6600 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 7-17 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - physical
- REFERENCE :
- AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 070944) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,228,1993
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 32 gm/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 7-14 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - live birth index (measured after birth) Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - viability index (e.g., # alive at day 4 per # born alive)
- REFERENCE :
- EVHPAZ EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) No.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,141,1984
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration onto the skin
- DOSE :
- 3250 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 6-18 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
- REFERENCE :
- FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,68,1986 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 83736 No. of Facilities: 9648 (estimated) No. of Industries: 67 No. of Occupations: 47 No. of Employees: 59491 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 83736 No. of Facilities: 19501 (estimated) No. of Industries: 134 No. of Occupations: 89 No. of Employees: 290501 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 50151 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xn:Harmful;
[ Risk Phrases ]:
R63
[ Safety Phrases ]:
S36/37
[ WGK Germany ]:
1
[ RTECS ]:
KL6125000
[ HS Code ]:
2909440000
Synthetic Route
Precursor & DownStream
Precursor
DownStream
Customs
[ HS Code ]: 2909499000
[ Summary ]:
2909499000. ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. VAT:17.0%. Tax rebate rate:9.0%. . MFN tariff:5.5%. General tariff:30.0%