3-Methyl-1-butanol
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Names
[ CAS No. ]:
123-51-3
        
[ Name ]:
 3-Methyl-1-butanol
        
[Synonym ]:
                
                3-Methyl-1-butanol
                
                
            
                
                Isopentyl 3-methyl-2-butenoate
                
                
            
                
                Isoamyl senecioate
                
                
            
                
                3-methylbutyl alcohol
                
                
            
                
                3-Methyl-2-butenoic acid,3-methylbutyl ester
                
                
            
                
                3-methyl-1-butyl 3-methyl-2-butenoate
                
                
            
                
                Isoamyl Alcohol
                
                
            
                
                MFCD00002934
                
                
            
                
                3-Methyl-crotonsaeure-isopentylester
                
                
            
                
                Isopentyl Alcohol
                
                
            
                
                Isobutylcarbinol
                
                
            
                
                2-methyl-4-butanol
                
                
            
                
                2-Butenoic acid,3-methyl-,3-methylbutyl ester
                
                
            
                
                3-methyl-butan-1-ol
                
                
            
                
                Isopentanol
                
                
            
                
                3-methyl-crotonic acid isopentyl ester
                
                
            
                
                3-methyl-butanol
                
                
            
                
                i-pentyl alcohol
                
                
            
                
                EINECS 204-633-5
                
                
                
                
    
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
0.8±0.1 g/cm3
            
[ Boiling Point ]:
131.2±0.0 °C at 760 mmHg
            
[ Melting Point ]:
-117 °C
            
[ Molecular Formula ]:
C5H12O
            
[ Molecular Weight ]:
88.148
            
[ Flash Point ]:
45.6±0.0 °C
            
[ Exact Mass ]:
88.088814
            
[ PSA ]:
20.23000
            
[ LogP ]:
1.22
            
[ Vapour density ]:
3 (vs air)
            
[ Vapour Pressure ]:
4.2±0.5 mmHg at 25°C
            
[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.405
            
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Flammable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides.
            
[ Water Solubility ]:
25 g/L (20 ºC)
            
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
 - EL5425000
 
- CHEMICAL NAME :
 - 1-Butanol, 3-methyl-
 
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
 - 123-51-3
 
- LAST UPDATED :
 - 199712
 
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
 - 43
 
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
 - C5-H12-O
 
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
 - 88.17
 
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
 - Q2Y1&1
 
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - Standard Draize test
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Administration into the eye
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Human
 
- REFERENCE :
 - JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,282,1943
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - Standard Draize test
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Administration onto the skin
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rabbit
 
- REFERENCE :
 - 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,196,1986
 
- 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: -,196,1986 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Inhalation
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Human
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 150 ppm
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise specified Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - conjunctive irritation Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - 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: 25,282,1943
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Oral
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rat
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 1300 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Liver - fatty liver degeneration Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes Blood - other changes
 
- REFERENCE :
 - SAMJAF South African Medical Journal. (Medical Assoc. of South Africa, Secy., P.O. Box 643, Cape Town, S. Africa) V.6- 1932- Volume(issue)/page/year: 43,795,1969
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Intraperitoneal
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rat
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 813 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66. For publisher information, see NSAPCC. Volume(issue)/page/year: 132,214,1928
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Intraperitoneal
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - mouse
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 233 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,785,1978
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Subcutaneous
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - mouse
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 7480 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,785,1978
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Intravenous
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - mouse
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 234 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4- 1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 135,330,1962
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Intravenous
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Mammal - cat
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 210 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,785,1978
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Oral
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rabbit
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 3438 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - corneal damage Cardiac - pulse rate Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
 
- REFERENCE :
 - IMSUAI Industrial Medicine and Surgery. (Northbrook, IL) V.18-42, 1949-73. For publisher information, see IOHSA5. Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,31,1972
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Administration onto the skin
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rabbit
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 3970 uL/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
 
- REFERENCE :
 - AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,470,1969
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Intravenous
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rabbit
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 1570 mg/kg
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Behavioral - antipsychotic
 
- REFERENCE :
 - FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,785,1978 ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Oral
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rat
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 27 gm/kg/75W-I
 
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
 - Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors Blood - leukemia
 
- REFERENCE :
 - ARGEAR Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung. (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1- 1949- Volume(issue)/page/year: 45,19,1975
 
- TYPE OF TEST :
 - TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
 
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 - Subcutaneous
 
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
 - Rodent - rat
 
- DOSE/DURATION :
 - 3800 mg/kg/85W-I
 
- REFERENCE :
 - ARGEAR Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung. (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1- 1949- Volume(issue)/page/year: 45,19,1975 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-STEL 452 mg/m3 (125 ppm) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 ACGIH TLV-TWA 361 mg/m3 (100 ppm) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,139,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1910.1000,1994 OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1915.1000,1993 OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,50-204.50,1994 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3);STEL 125 ppm (450 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 100 ppm (361 mg/m3);STEL 125 ppm (452 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 100 ppm;STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3);STEL 200 ppm (720 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 100 ppm (360 mg/m3);STEL 125 ppm JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO ISOAMYL ALCOHOL, primary-air:TWA 100 ppm;STEL 125 ppm REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 40380 No. of Facilities: 2530 (estimated) No. of Industries: 16 No. of Occupations: 18 No. of Employees: 24606 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 40380 No. of Facilities: 3803 (estimated) No. of Industries: 43 No. of Occupations: 49 No. of Employees: 65499 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 22006 (estimated)
 
Safety Information
[ Symbol ]:
                
                
                GHS02, GHS07
            
[ Signal Word ]: 
Warning
            
[ Hazard Statements ]:
 H226-H315-H319-H332-H335
            
[ Precautionary Statements ]:
 P210-P261-P280-P304 + P340 + P312-P337 + P313-P403 + P235
            
[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
 Eyeshields;Faceshields;full-face respirator (US);Gloves;multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US);type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter
            
[ Hazard Codes ]:
 Xn:Harmful
            
[ Risk Phrases ]:
 R10;R20/22
            
[ Safety Phrases ]:
 S46-S16
            
[ RIDADR ]: 
UN 1105 3/PG 3
            
[ WGK Germany ]: 
1
            
[ RTECS ]: 
EL5425000
            
[ Packaging Group ]:
 II
            
[ Hazard Class ]:
3
            
[ HS Code ]:
 2905199090
            
Synthetic Route
Precursor & DownStream
Precursor
DownStream
Customs
[ HS Code ]: 2905199090
[ Summary ]: 
2905199090. saturated monohydric alcohols. VAT:17.0%. Tax rebate rate:13.0%. . MFN tariff:5.5%. General tariff:30.0%
            
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