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Reference data from EU CLP Annex VI and published regulations — verify against your supplier's SDS before use.

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Substance profile

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

CAS 68515-50-4 Danger

01 · Identification

What 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… is

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

02 · Identifiers

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… identifiers and molecular data

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… CAS number and EC number

CAS number68515-50-4
EC number271-093-5
Index number (CLP Annex VI)607-710-00-5

03 · GHS classification

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… hazard classification

Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… pictograms and signal word

Signal wordDanger

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic…
CodeHazard statement
H360FD May damage fertility. May damage the unborn child.

This page lists only the codes assigned to 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic…. The full reference lives on the hazard statements hub, the precautionary statements hub and the GHS pictograms hub.

Safety Data Sheet

Getting an SDS for 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic…

A Safety Data Sheet is written for a product, not for a substance: the supplier of the grade you actually buy issues it, so two suppliers of 1,2-benzenedicarboxyli… issue two different sheets. That is why there is no single authoritative SDS for a substance to download — what there is, is the job of collecting the sheets for the products you hold and keeping them current as suppliers revise them.

04 · Precautionary statements

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 4 precautionary statements to 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic…. They are grouped the way a label groups them: what to do before handling, what to do when something has already happened, how to store it and how to dispose of it.

Response

What to do once exposure, spillage or fire has already happened.

Reading the notation. is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies.

05 · Names in the regulation

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… name in 23 EU languages

CLP Annex VI Part 3 is published in every language edition of the regulation, and the identification column is written out in each of them. Nothing below is translated by us: each line is the name as that edition prints it. Under Art. 18(2) the substance name from Annex VI is a lawful product identifier, so this is the wording to put on a label going to that market — and where the cell lists several designations, any one of them qualifies.

Language Name in CLP Annex VI Part 3
Bulgarian български дихексилов естер на 1,2-бензендикарбоксилна киселина, разклонен и неразклонен
Spanish español ácido 1,2-bencenodicarboxílico, éster dihexílico, ramificado y linear
Czech čeština 1,2-benzendikarboxylová kyselina, dihexylester, rozvětvený a lineární
Danish dansk 1,2-benzendicarboxylsyredipentylester, forgrenet og ligekædet
German Deutsch 1,2-Benzoldicarbonsäure, Dihexylester, verzweigt und linear
Estonian eesti 1,2-benseendikarboksüülhape, diheksüülester, hargnenud ja hargnemata ahelaga
Greek ελληνικά διπεντυλεστέρας του 1,2-βενζολοδικαρβοξυλικού οξέος, διακλαδισμένος και γραμμικός
English English 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear
French français acide benzènedicarboxylique- 1,2, ester de dihexyle, ramifié ou linéaire
Croatian hrvatski 1,2-benzendikarboksilna kiselina, diheksil-ester, razgranati i linearni
Italian italiano acido-1,2-benzendicarbossilico, diesil estere, ramificato e lineare
Latvian latviešu 1,2-benzoldikarboksilskābe, diheksilesteris, sazarotas un lineāras virknes
Lithuanian lietuvių 1,2-benzendikarboksilo rūgštis, diheksilesteris, šakotasis ir linijinis
Hungarian magyar 1,2-benzol-dikarboxilsav, dihexil-észter, elágazó és lineáris diizohexil-ftalát (DIHP)
Maltese Malti 1,2-aċidu benżinadikarbossiliku, diħessil ester, f'fergħat u lineari
Dutch Nederlands 1,2-benzeendicarbonzuur, dihexylester, vertakt en lineair
Polish polski kwas 1,2-benzenodikarboksylowy, ester diheksylowy, rozgałęziony i liniowy
Portuguese português ácido 1,2-benzenodicarboxílico, éster dihexílico ramificado e linear
Romanian română Acid 1,2-benzendicarboxilic, diester alchilic, ramificat și liniar
Slovak slovenčina dihexylester kyseliny 1,2-benzéndikarboxylovej, rozvetvený a lineárny
Slovenian slovenščina 1,2-benzendikarboksilna kislina, diheksil ester, razvejan in linearen
Finnish suomi 1,2-bentseenidikarboksyylihappo, haarautuneet ja suoraketjuiset dialkyyliesterit
Swedish svenska 1,2-bensendikarboxylsyra, dihexylester, grenad och linjär

All 23 language editions of Annex VI carry this entry. Irish is the twenty-fourth official EU language and has no line here for a different reason: no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish, so there is no Irish edition of Annex VI to quote a name from. Source: consolidated CLP, CELEX 02008R1272, language editions. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.

06 · Label elements

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… GHS label elements

Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic…, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.

GHS08 Health hazard pictogram

Danger

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid…

  • May damage fertility. May damage the unborn child.
  • Obtain special instructions before use.
  • Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/
  • IF exposed or concerned:
  • Get medical advice/attention.

Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity

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07 · Questions

1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid…?

The CAS number of 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… is 68515-50-4. Its EC number is 271-093-5.

What does a 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… carries the pictogram Health hazard and the signal word is Danger.

Is 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… no flammability hazard class. That is not a statement that it cannot burn: the harmonised list only records the hazards that were assessed for it.

Is 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid… a carcinogen?

CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid…. Annex VI is a list of agreed classifications, not a list of substances found safe, so this is an absence of a classification rather than a clean bill of health.

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