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Pentachloro-Phenol

CAS Number: 87-86-5

Basic Information

The chemical structure of Pentachloro-Phenol Synonym(s): Chlorophen; cryptogil oil; dowcide 7; Dowicide 7; Dowicide EC-7; dow pentachlorophenol dp-2 antimicrobial; Dura-Treet; durotox; EP 30; Forepen; fungifen; glazd penta; grundier arbezol; lauxtol; lauxtol a; liroprem; Osmoplastic; Oz-88; PCP; penchlorol; Pen
Formula: C6HCl5O
 Molecular Weight: 266.35
 Boiling Point (°C): 310
 Melting Point (°C): 174
 Contaminant Type: Pentachloro-Phenol is a contaminant with other or multiple types of use.
Notes: White to light brown crystalline solid with a pungent odor when hot.

Solubility (in water)

  • Solubility: 5 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 0
  • Solubility: 14 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 20
  • Solubility: 35 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 50
  • Solubility: 85 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 70

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

  • t1/2: weeks to months al

Toxicity Effects

  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Scientific Name: Artemia salina
     Toxicity: 1.2 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: Artoxkit M test
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.180; 0.435 mg/l
     Test: 21d EC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.18 mg/l
     Test: 21d LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.59 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: 121 test
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.14 mg/l
     Test: 2w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.180; 0.24; 0.75 mg/l
     Test: 3w MATC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.010; 0.18; 0.56 mg/l
     Test: 3w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Life Stage: Copepod
     Toxicity: 0.12 mg/l
     Test: 48h IC50
     Formulation: sodium salt
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.53 mg/l
     Test: 7d LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Swamp lymnaea
     Scientific Name: Lymnaea stagnalis
     Life Stage: Eggs through 5 months old
     Toxicity: 0.01 mg/l
     Test: 6w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Swamp lymnaea
     Scientific Name: Lymnaea stagnalis
     Life Stage: Eggs through 5 months old
     Toxicity: 0.0056 mg/l
     Test: 7d MATC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Swamp lymnaea
     Scientific Name: Lymnaea stagnalis
     Life Stage: Eggs through 5 months old
     Toxicity: 0.0032 mg/l
     Test: 7d NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daggerblade grass shrimp
     Scientific Name: Palaemonetes pugio
     Toxicity: 0.223 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daggerblade grass shrimp
     Scientific Name: Palaemonetes pugio
     Toxicity: 0.1 mg/l
     Test: 9w MATC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daggerblade grass shrimp
     Scientific Name: Palaemonetes pugio
     Toxicity: 0.436; 0.515; 0.649 mg/l
     Test: 9w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Scientific Name: Tisbe battagliai
     Toxicity: 0.45 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC0
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Zebra danio
     Scientific Name: Brachydanio rerio
     Toxicity: 0.994 mg/l
     Test: >6d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Zebra danio
     Scientific Name: Brachydanio rerio
     Toxicity: 1.08 mg/l
     Test: 10d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Zebra danio
     Scientific Name: Brachydanio rerio
     Toxicity: 1.24 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Zebra danio
     Scientific Name: Brachydanio rerio
     Toxicity: 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
    Formulation: sodium salt
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Zebra danio
     Scientific Name: Brachydanio rerio
     Toxicity: 1.13 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.174 mg/l
     Test: 14d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.25 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: large size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.27 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: small size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.22 mg/l
     Test: 4d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.253 mg/l
     Test: 5d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Goldfish
     Scientific Name: Carassius auratus
     Toxicity: 0.19 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
    Formulation: large size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.27 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.79 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.56 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.43 mg/l
     Test: 72h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.39 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Smooth-breasted snakefish
     Scientific Name: Channa gachua
     Toxicity: 0.4 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Life Stage: Eggs - 4wk juveniles
     Toxicity: 0.064 mg/l
     Test: 5m MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Life Stage: Eggs - 4wk juveniles
     Toxicity: 0.047 mg/l
     Test: 5m NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: 420 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: 442 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Life Stage: Fry
     Toxicity: 223 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Notes: Six-week fry
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Life Stage: Fry
     Toxicity: 329 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Notes: One-day fry
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: 64 µg/l
     Test: MATC Life Cycle
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Carp
     Scientific Name: Cyprinus carpio
     Toxicity: 0.11 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Longnose killifish
     Scientific Name: Fundulus similis
     Toxicity: >.306 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Orfe
     Scientific Name: Idus idus, or Leuciscus idus
     Toxicity: 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC0
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Orfe
     Scientific Name: Idus idus, or Leuciscus idus
     Toxicity: 0.5 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC100
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Orfe
     Scientific Name: Idus idus, or Leuciscus idus
     Toxicity: 0.3 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Flagfish
     Scientific Name: Jordanella floridae
     Toxicity: 1.6 mg/l
     Test: >6d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Flagfish
     Scientific Name: Jordanella floridae
     Toxicity: 1.74 mg/l
     Test: 10d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Flagfish
     Scientific Name: Jordanella floridae
     Toxicity: 1.82 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Flagfish
     Scientific Name: Jordanella floridae
     Toxicity: 1.74 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Pinfish
     Scientific Name: Lagodon rhomboides
    Toxicity: 0.038; 0.053 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 0.251 mg/l
     Test: 10d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 0.198 mg/l
     Test: 14d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 0.188 mg/l
     Test: 17d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 0.303 mg/l
     Test: 30d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Striped mullet
     Scientific Name: Mugil cephalus
     Toxicity: 0.112 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: 0.23 mg/l
     Test: 10d LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: 0.25 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: 0.23 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Japanese medaka, Japanese killfish
     Scientific Name: Oryzias latipes
     Toxicity: 0.4 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Japanese medaka, Japanese killfish
     Scientific Name: Oryzias latipes
     Life Stage: Eggs through 4 days after hatching
     Toxicity: 0.056 mg/l
     Test: 6w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Japanese medaka, Japanese killfish
     Scientific Name: Oryzias latipes
     Life Stage: Eggs through 4 days after hatching
     Toxicity: 0.032 mg/l
     Test: 6w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: Fry
     Toxicity: 0.055; 0.093 mg/l
     Test: 13w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: Fry
     Toxicity: 0.036; 0.066 mg/l
     Test: 13w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 8 mg/l
     Test: 1d LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.24 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: small size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 7 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.24 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 11 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.23 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 4 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.22 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 14 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.21 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
     Formulation: large size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.6 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.6 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.6 mg/l
     Test: 72d LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.141; 0.21 mg/l
     Test: 8d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 14 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.19 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 4 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
    Formulation: large size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 11 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.22 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.23 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
    Formulation: small size fish
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Life Stage: 7 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.23 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.6 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Toxicity: 0.38 mg/l
     Test: <7d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Toxicity: 0.37 mg/l
     Test: 14d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Toxicity: 0.38 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Life Stage: 3 to 4 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.18 mg/l
     Test: 4w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Guppy
     Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
    Life Stage: 3 to 4 weeks
     Toxicity: 0.1 mg/l
     Test: 4w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Toxicity: 0.212 mg/l
     Test: >6d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Eggs through less than 1 day fry
     Toxicity: 0.011 mg/l
     Test: >9w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Eggs through less than 1 day fry
     Toxicity: 0.008 mg/l
     Test: >9w NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Eggs through less than 1 day fry
     Toxicity: 0.014 mg/l
     Test: 10w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Adult
     Toxicity: 0.015 mg/l
     Test: 18d MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Adult
     Toxicity: 0.015 mg/l
     Test: 18d MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Adult
     Toxicity: 0.011; 0.050 mg/l
     Test: 18d NOEC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Columbia River redband trout
     Scientific Name: Salmo gairdneri
     Life Stage: Eggs through less than 1 day fry
     Toxicity: 0.005; 0.044 mg/l
     Test: 4w MATC
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Brook trout
     Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
     Toxicity: 0.109 mg/l
     Test: 14d LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Black sole
     Scientific Name: Solea solea
     Toxicity: 0.45 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Mammals g
    Common Name: Rat
     Scientific Name: Muridae (Family)
     Toxicity: 50-500 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
  • Organism Type: Molluscs ak
    Common Name: Eastern oyster
     Scientific Name: Crassostrea virginica
     Toxicity: 0.04 mg/l
     Test: 48h EC50
  • Organism Type: Molluscs ak
    Common Name: Eastern oyster
     Scientific Name: Crassostrea virginica
     Toxicity: 0.076 mg/l
     Test: 8d EC50

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

  • Koc: 4.3 log ak
    pH Value: <4
  • Koc: 4 log ak
    pH Value: 5
  • Koc: 3 log ak
    pH Value: 6
  • Koc: 2.6 log ak
    pH Value: >7
  • Koc: 293-900 ak
    Formulation: at 0.0125 mg/l

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

  • Log Kow: 4.07; 5.01 ak

Work Cited

g Meister, R. T., and C. Sine (Ed). 2003. Crop Protection Handbook, volume 89. Meister Publishing Company, Willoughby, OH.
ak Verschueren, K. 2001. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals, 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
al Speclab.com. 2003. Spectrum chemcial fact sheet. Pages retrieved April 2005 from http://www.speclab.com/compound/. Spectrum Laboratory Inc, Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Savannah, GA.