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pyrene

CAS Number: 129-00-0

Basic Information

The chemical structure of pyrene Synonym(s): Benzo[def]phenanthrene; beta-pyrene; Pyrene; Pyrene[def]phenanthrene; Pyrene
Formula: C16H10
 Molecular Weight: 202.255
 Boiling Point (°C): 404
 Melting Point (°C): 156
 Contaminant Type: pyrene is a polyclyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Notes: MONOCLINIC PRISMATIC TABLETS FROM ALCOHOL OR BY SUBLIMATION; PURE PYRENE IS COLORLESS; PALE YELLOW PLATES (WHEN RECRYSTALLIZED FROM TOLUENE); Colorless solid (tetracene impuritites give yellow color)

Solubility (in water)

  • Solubility: 1.32E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 25
  • Solubility: 1.48E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 25
  • Solubility: 1.29E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 25
  • Solubility: 1.30E-06 g/100ml d
  • Solubility: 1.65E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 29
  • Solubility: 1.60E-01 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 26
  • Solubility: 3.20E-02 mg/l ak

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

  • t1/2: 3; 10; 35 days ak
    Environment: degradation in a soil system at initial conc between 3 and 500
  • t1/2: 2 months ak
    Temperature (°C): 20
     Environment: biodegradation in sandy loam in the dark at 700 mg/kg
  • t1/2: 0.58-5.2 years f
    Temperature (°C): 10-30
     Environment: Based upon aerobic soil die-away test data
  • t1/2: 3 years ak
    Temperature (°C): 20
     Environment: abiotic degradation in sandy loam in the dark at 700 mg/kg

Toxicity Effects

  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 10 mg/l
     Test: 1d mortality

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

  • Koc: Log Koc: 4.58 ay

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

  • Log Kow: 4.88 aj
  • Log Kow: Kow: 79400 ao
  • Log Kow: 4.88 ay
  • Log Kow: 5.32 ak

Work Cited

d ChemFinder. Cambridge MA: CambridgeSoft Corporation. Retrieved November, 2003 from http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com
f Howard, P. H., R. S. Boethling, W. F. Jarvis, W. M. Meylan, and E. M. Michalenko. 1991. Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates. Lewis Publishers., Chelsea, MI.
aj RAIS. 2005. Risk Assessment Information System. Pages retrieved April, 2005 from http://risk.lsd.ornl.gov/tox/rap_toxp.shtml. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) Office, Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC, Oak Ridge, TN.
ak Verschueren, K. 2001. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals, 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
ao Santodonato, J., P. Howard, D. Basu, S.D. Lee, Si Duk, and L. Grant. 1981. Health and ecological assessment of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Pages 1-364 in Journal of environmental pathology and toxicology, volume 5(1). Park Forest South, Ill. : Pathotox Publishers.
ay Nagpal, N. K. 1993. Ambient Water Quality Criteria For Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Pages retrieved April 2005 from http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/BCguidelines/pahs/index.html. British Columbia Ministry of Environment.