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Dibutyl phthalate

certified reference material, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

Synonym(s):

n-Butyl phthalate, DBP, Phthalic acid dibutyl ester

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C6H4-1,2-[CO2(CH2)3CH3]2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
278.34
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1914064
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
TraceCERT®

Quality Level

vapor density

9.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 147 °C)

autoignition temp.

756 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

0.47 %, 236 °F

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.492 (lit.)

bp

340 °C (lit.)

mp

−35 °C (lit.)

density

1.043 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCOC(=O)c1ccccc1C(=O)OCCCC

InChI

1S/C16H22O4/c1-3-5-11-19-15(17)13-9-7-8-10-14(13)16(18)20-12-6-4-2/h7-10H,3-6,11-12H2,1-2H3

InChI key

DOIRQSBPFJWKBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Dibutyl phthalate [DBP] belongs to dialkyl phthalate group. It is a petrochemical which is mostly used as plasticizer or sometimes as a solvent in industries. DBP can be naturally isolated from plants, marine algae, bacteria, and fungi.
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.
This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find all available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here

Application

It was used as spiking compound for analyzing the effect of phosphoric acid during hydrolysis of monoester metabolites and also to study the effectiveness of gamma ray irradiation on deactivating the serum enzymes using HPLC-ESI-MS-MS.
Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.
Plasticizer

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

pictograms

Health hazardEnvironment

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

367.7 °F - open cup

flash_point_c

186.5 °C - open cup


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Natural abundance 14C content of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) from three marine algae.
Namikoshi, Michio, et al.
Marine drugs, 4.4, 290-297 (2006)
Quantitative detection of nine phthalate metabolites in human serum using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry.
Kato K
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 27(5), 284-289 (2003)
Harpreet Bhatia et al.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 149, 103-115 (2014-03-01)
Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) are a class of synthetic industrial chemicals commonly found in the aquatic environment worldwide. PAEs have been recognised as anti-androgens in male mammals but little is known about their endocrine disrupting effects in fish. This study
Harpreet Bhatia et al.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 32(10), 2335-2344 (2013-06-14)
Di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) is an industrial pollutant with antiandrogenic effects reported in male mammals and fish. Little research has been done on the endocrine effects of DnBP in female fish. The present study investigated the changes in ovarian histology and
Alin C Dirtu et al.
Environment international, 59, 344-353 (2013-07-31)
Human exposure to chemicals commonly encountered in our environment, like phthalates, is routinely assessed through urinary measurement of their metabolites. A particular attention is given to the specific population groups, such as obese, for which the dietary intake of environmental

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