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Propylene Dichloride

CAS Number: 78-87-5

Basic Information

The chemical structure of Propylene Dichloride Synonym(s): 1,2-dichloropropane; 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE (PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE); alpha,beta-dichloropropane; alpha,beta-propylene dichloride; dichloropropane; Dichloropropane, 1,2- ; Dichloropropanes; Propylene Dichloride; Propylene Chloride
Formula: C3H6Cl2
 Molecular Weight: 112.99
 Boiling Point (°C): 96.8
 Melting Point (°C): -100.4
 Contaminant Type: Propylene Dichloride is an insecticide.
Notes: Colorless liquid with an odor like chloroform.

Solubility (in water)

  • Solubility: 2700 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 20

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

  • t1/2: 19 days ak
    Environment: 1% organic carbon content
  • t1/2: 92 days ak
    Environment: 0.1% organic carbon content
  • t1/2: 1199 days ak
    Environment: 0.01% organic carbon content
  • t1/2: 58 years ak
    Environment: 0.001% organic carbon content
  • t1/2: 0.46-3.5 years f
    Environment: Scientific judgement based upon estimated aqueous aerobic biodegradation half-life

Toxicity Effects

  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Common Shrimp
     Scientific Name: Crangon crangon
     Toxicity: >100 mg/l
     Test: 48h EC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 15.8 mg/l
     Test: 21d LOEC, reproduction rate
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 8.3 mg/l
     Test: 21d NOEC, reproduction rate
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 58; 73; 99 mg/l
     Test: 24h EC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 45; 52; 56 mg/l
     Test: 48h EC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: <22 mg/l
     Test: 48h NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: >27 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 4.1 mg/l
     Test: 28d NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 25 mg/l
     Test: 72h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 25; >27 mg/l
     Test: 96h EC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 360 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 280 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Dab
     Scientific Name: Limanda limanda
     Toxicity: 61 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Inland silverside, tidewater silverside
     Scientific Name: Menidia beryllina
     Toxicity: 240 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 170 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 194 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 154 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 141 mg/l
     Test: 72h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 127 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Toxicity: 116 ppm
     Test: 7d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Toxicity: 116 mg/l
     Test: 7d LD50
  • Organism Type: Mammals ak
    Common Name: Guinea pig
     Toxicity: 2000 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
  • Organism Type: Mammals ak
    Common Name: Rat
     Scientific Name: Muridae (Family)
     Toxicity: 2196; 1942 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
  • Organism Type: Mammals ak
    Common Name: Mouse
     Scientific Name: Muridae (Family)
     Toxicity: 860; 960 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
  • Organism Type: Molluscs ak
    Scientific Name: Eliminius modestus
     Toxicity: 58 mg/l
     Test: 48h EC50

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

  • Koc: 299 ak
    Formulation: calculated
  • Koc: "1.431, 1.71" k
    Formulation: log

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

  • Log Kow: 1.99 ak
  • Log Kow: 2.28 k

Work Cited

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.
k Montgomery, J. H. 1993. Agrochemicals Desk Reference: Environmental Data. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
ak Verschueren, K. 2001. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals, 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.