Substance profile
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol is a colorless liquid with a mild smelling.
01 · Identification
What 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… is
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol is a colorless liquid with a mild smelling. It boils at 278 °C, melts at -35.2 °C, is very soluble in water.
Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.
02 · Identifiers
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… identifiers and molecular data
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… CAS number and EC number
Other names for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…
- TEGBE
- triethylene glycol monobutyl ether
- butoxytriethylene glycol
03 · GHS classification
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… hazard classification
Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… pictograms and signal word
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… hazard class and category
| Hazard class | Category | From code | Pictogram |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious eye damage/eye irritation GHS chapter 3.3 | Category 1 | H318 | GHS05 |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… hazard statements (H-codes)
| Code | Hazard statement |
|---|---|
| H318 | Causes serious eye damage. |
This page lists only the codes assigned to 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethox…. 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 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethox…
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 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)e… 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
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… precautionary statements
CLP Annex VI assigns 4 precautionary statements to 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethox…. 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.
Prevention
What to do before and during handling so the hazard never happens.
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
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… 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 | 2-[2-(2-бутоксиетокси)етокси]етанол TEGBEмонобутилов етер на триетиленгликола бутокситриетиленгликол |
| Spanish español | 2-[2-(2-Butoxietoxi)etoxi]etanol TEGBEéter monobutílico de trietilenglicolbutoxitrietilenglicol |
| Czech čeština | 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethan-1-ol TEGBEtriethylenglykolmonobutylether |
| Danish dansk | 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol TEGBEtriethylenglycolmonobutyletherbutoxytriethylenglycol |
| German Deutsch | 2-[2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol TEGBETriethylenglycolmonobutyletherButoxytriethylenglycol |
| Estonian eesti | 2-[2-(2-butoksüetoksü)etoksü]etanool TEGBEtrietüleenglükooli monobutüüleeterbutoksütrietüleenglükool |
| Greek ελληνικά | 2-[2-(2-βουτοξυαιθοξυ)αιθοξυ]αιθανόλη TEGBEμονοβουτυλαιθέρας τριαιθυλενογλυκόληςβουτοξυτριαιθυλενογλυκόλη |
| English English | 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol TEGBEtriethylene glycol monobutyletherbutoxytriethylene glycol |
| French français | 2-[2-(2-butoxyéthoxy)éthoxy]éthanol TEGBE éther monobutylique du triéthylène glycolbutoxytriéthylène glycol |
| Croatian hrvatski | 2-[2-(2-butoksietoksi)etoksi]etanol TEGBEtrietilen-glikol-monobutil-eterbutoksitrietilen-glikol |
| Italian italiano | 2-[2-(2-butossietossi)etossi]etanolo TEGBEtrietilene glicol monobutil eterebutossitrietilen glicol |
| Latvian latviešu | 2-[2-(2-butoksietoksi)etoksi]etanols TEGBEtrietilēnglikola monobutilēterisbutoksitrietilēnglikols |
| Lithuanian lietuvių | 2-[2-(2-butoksietoksi)etoksi]etanolis TEGBEtrietilenglikolio monobutileterisbutoksitrietilenglikolis |
| Hungarian magyar | 2-[2-(2-butoxietoxi)etoxi]etanol TEGBEtrietilén-glikol-monobutil-éterbutoxitrietilén-glikol |
| Maltese Malti | 2-[2-(2-butossietossi)etossi]etanol TEGBEmonobutileter tal-glikol tat-trietilen glikol tal-butossitrietilen |
| Dutch Nederlands | 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol TEGBEtriëthyleenglycolmonobutyletherbutoxytriëthyleenglycol |
| Polish polski | 2-[2-(2-butoksyetoksy)etoksy]etanol TEGBEeter monobutylowy glikolu trietylenowegoglikol butoksytrietylenowy |
| Portuguese português | 2-[2-(2-butoxietoxi)etoxi]etanol TEGBEéter monobutílico de trietilenoglicolbutoxitrietilenoglicol |
| Romanian română | 2-[2-(2-butoxietoxi)etoxi]etanol TEGBEeter monobutilic al trietilen-glicoluluibutoxitrietilen glicol |
| Slovak slovenčina | 2-[2-(2-butoxyetoxy)etoxy]etanol TEGBEtrietylénglykol-monobutyléterbutoxytrietylénglykol |
| Slovenian slovenščina | 2-[2-(2-butoksietoksi)etoksi]etanol TEGBEtrietilen glikol monobutileterbutoksitrietilen glikol |
| Finnish suomi | 2-[2-(2-butoksietoksi)etoksi]etanoli TEGBEtrietyleeniglykolin monobutyylieetteributoksitrietyleeniglykoli |
| Swedish svenska | 2-[2-(2-butoxietoxi)etoxi]etanol TEGBEtrietylenglykolmonobutyleterbutoxitrietylenglykol |
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
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… GHS label elements
Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethox…, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.
Danger
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…
- Causes serious eye damage.
- Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/…
- IF IN EYES:
- Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/…
- Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.
Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity
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07 · Health hazards
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… health hazards and exposure limits
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… hazard summary
High-dose animal studies: Not genotoxic; Doses >1000 mg/kg/day cause liver injury; Repeated oral doses >4000 mg/kg/day cause testicular injury; Not a developmental toxin at doses <1000 mg/kg/day; No deaths after inhalation of saturated solution for 8 hours; [OECD SIDS: High Boiling Ethylene Glycol Ethers - 2002] An eye and mild skin irritant; [ICSC] In lethal-dose animal studies after oral administration, causes flaccid paralysis; [RTECS] A strong eye irritant, based on animal studies; [HSDB] A mild to moderate skin irritant; Very irritating to eyes; [eChemPortal: SIDSUNEP] May cause serious eye injury; [eChemPortal: ESIS] See GLYCOL ETHERS.
Source: Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
08 · Physical and chemical properties
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… properties
Every value is shown with the conditions it was measured under and the source it came from. Where sources disagree, all values are listed rather than one being picked — the difference is usually a different form of the substance, not an error.
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… boiling point
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling point | 278 °C (532.4 °F) | HSDB | |
| -47.6 °C (-53.7 °F) | decomposes | HSDB |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… melting point
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melting point | -35.2 °C (-31.4 °F) | HSDB | |
| -35 °C (-31 °F) | ICSC |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… density
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Density | 0.989 g/cm³ | at 20 °C | HSDB |
| 0.98 g/cm³ | at 25 °C | ICSC |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… solubility
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solubility | Very soluble in ethanol, methanol | HSDB | |
| Miscible with water. | HSDB | ||
| Solubility in water: miscible | ICSC |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… vapor pressure
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vapor pressure | 0.0075 mmHg | at 20 °C | ICSC |
| 0.0025 mmHg | at 25 °C | HSDB | |
| 0.0025 mmHg | Haz-Map |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… flash point
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash point | 143.33 °C (290 °F) | HSDB | |
| 143 °C (289.4 °F) | ICSC |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… lower explosive limit (LEL)
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower explosive limit (LEL) | 0.8 % by volume | ICSC |
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… upper explosive limit (UEL)
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper explosive limit (UEL) | 3.8 % by volume | ICSC |
Values compiled from PubChem Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary. Temperatures converted to Fahrenheit for reference.
09 · Fire and explosion
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethox… fire and explosion behaviour
These are descriptions rather than measured values, so they are kept out of the table above and quoted here with the source that reported them.
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… fire potential
Combustible
Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
10 · Handling and storage
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… storage and handling
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… incompatible materials
Glycol ethers, glycols, ketones, and alcohols undergo violent decomposition in contact with 68-72% perchloric acid
Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
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11 · Questions
2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… — frequently asked questions
What is the CAS number of 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…?
The CAS number of 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… is 143-22-6. Its EC number is 205-592-6.
What does a 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… label have to show?
Under CLP Annex VI the label for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… carries the pictogram Corrosion and the signal word is Danger.
Is 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… flammable?
CLP Annex VI assigns 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… 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. The flash point reported for it is 143.33 °C (290 °F) (HSDB).
Is 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… a carcinogen?
CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…. 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.
What is the boiling point of 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…?
The boiling point reported for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… is 278 °C (532.4 °F) (HSDB).
What is the melting point of 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et…?
The melting point reported for 2-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]et… is -35.2 °C (-31.4 °F) (HSDB).
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