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Substance profile

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo [4.1.0]heptane

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo [4.1.0]heptane is a colorless liquid.

CAS 106-87-6 C8H12O2 140.18 g/mol Danger

01 · Identification

What 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo [4.1.0]heptane is a colorless liquid. Its molecular formula is C8H12O2 and its molecular weight is 140.18 g/mol. It boils at 227 °C, melts at -109 °C.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger. It is classed as carcinogens.

02 · Identifiers

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… identifiers and molecular data

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… CAS number and EC number

CAS number106-87-6
EC number203-437-7
Index number (CLP Annex VI)603-066-00-4

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… molecular formula and molecular weight

Molecular formulaC8H12O2
Molecular weight140.18 g/mol
Chemical class Carcinogens

Other names for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…

  • 1,2-epoxy- 4-epoxyethylcyclohexane
  • 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide

03 · GHS classification

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… hazard classification

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

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… pictograms and signal word

Signal wordDanger

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… hazard class and category

GHS hazard classes 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… falls into
Hazard class Category From code Pictogram
Acute toxicity - oral GHS chapter 3.1 Category 4 H302 GHS07
Acute toxicity - inhalation GHS chapter 3.1 Category 3 H331 GHS06
Germ cell mutagenicity GHS chapter 3.5 Category 2 H341 GHS08
Carcinogenicity GHS chapter 3.6 Category 1A or 1B H350 GHS08

Where two values are shown with “or”, the hazard statement is shared by more than one category or by more than one class, and the code alone does not say which. H272, for example, belongs to oxidising liquids and to oxidising solids — the physical state decides. The binding answer for a specific entry is in the CLP Annex VI table itself.

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…
CodeHazard statement
H350 May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
H341 Suspected of causing genetic defects <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
H360F May damage fertility.
H331 Toxic if inhaled.
H302 Harmful if swallowed.

This page lists only the codes assigned to 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…. 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 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…

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 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicycl… 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

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 12 precautionary statements to 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…. 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.

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

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… 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 7-окса-3-оксиранилбицикло[4.1.0]хептан 1,2-епокси-4-епоксиетилциклохексан4-винилциклохексен диепоксид
Spanish español 7-Oxa-3-oxiranilbiciclo[4.1.0]heptano 1,2-epoxi-4-epoxietilciclohexanodiepóxido de 4-vinilciclohexeno
Czech čeština 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyklo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoxy-4-(1,2-epoxyethyl)cyklohexan 4-vinylcyklohexendiepoxid
Danish dansk 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoxy-4-epoxyethylcyclohexan4-vinylcyclohexendiepoxid
German Deutsch 7-Oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-Epoxy-4-epoxyethylcyclohexan4-Vinylcyclohexendiepoxid
Estonian eesti 7-oksa-3-oksiranüülbitsüklo[4.1.0]heptaan 1,2-epoksü-4-epoksüetüültsükloheksaan4-vinüültsüklohekseendiepoksiid
Greek ελληνικά 7-οξα-3-οξιρανυλοδικυκλο[4.1.0]επτάνιο 1,2-εποξυ-4-εποξυαιθυλοκυκλοεξάνιοδιεποξείδιο του 4-βινυλοκυκλοεξενίου
English English 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptane 1,2-epoxy-4-epoxyethylcyclohexane4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide
French français 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptane 1,2-époxy-4-époxyéthylcyclohexanediépoxyde de 4-vinylcyclohexène
Croatian hrvatski 7-oks-3-oksiranilbiciklo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoksi-4-epoksietilcikloheksan4-vinilcikloheksen diepoksid
Italian italiano 7-ossa-3-ossiranilbiciclo[4.1.0]eptano 1,2-epossi-4-epossietilcicloesano4-vinilcicloesano diepossido
Latvian latviešu 7-oksa-3-oksiranilbiciklo[4.1.0]heptāns 1,2-epoksi-4-epoksietilcikloheksāns4-vinilcikloheksēna diepoksīds
Lithuanian lietuvių 7-oksa-3-oksiranilbiciklo[4.1.0]heptanas 1,2-epoksi-4-epoksietilcikloheksanas4-vinilciklohekseno diepoksidas
Hungarian magyar 7-oxa-3-oxiranilbiciklo[4.1.0]heptán 1,2-epoxi-4-epoxietilciklohexán4-vinilciklohexán-diepoxid
Maltese Malti 7-ossa-3-ossiranilbiċiklo[4.1.0]ettan 1,2-epossi-4-epossietilċikloeżandiepossidu ta’ 4-vinilċikloeżen
Dutch Nederlands 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptaan 1,2-epoxy-4-epoxyethylcyclohexaan4-vinylcyclohexeendiëpoxide
Polish polski 7-oksa-3-oksiranylobicyklo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoksy-4-epoksyetylocykloheksandiepoksy-4-winylocykloheksen
Portuguese português 7-oxa-3-oxiranilbiciclo[4.1.0]heptano 1,2-epoxi-4-epoxietilciclo-hexanodiepóxido de 4-vinilciclo-hexeno
Romanian română 7-oxa-3-oxiranilbiciclo [4.1.0] heptan 1,2-epoxi-4-epoxietilciclohexandiepoxid de 4-vinilciclohexen
Slovak slovenčina 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyklo[4.1.0]heptán, 1,2-epoxy-4-epoxyetylcyklohexán, 4-vinylcyklohexén diepoxid
Slovenian slovenščina 7-oksa-3-oksiranilbiciklo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoksi-4-epoksietilcikloheksan4-vinilcikloheksen diepoksid
Finnish suomi 7-oksa-3-oksiranyylibisyklo[4.1.0]heptaani 1,2-epoksi-4-epoksietyylisykloheksaani4-vinyylisyklohekseenidiepoksidi
Swedish svenska 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyklo[4.1.0]heptan 1,2-epoxi-4-epoxietylcyklohexan4-vinylcyklohexendiepoxid

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

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… GHS label elements

Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.

GHS08 Health hazard pictogramGHS06 Skull and crossbones pictogram

Danger

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…

  • May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
  • Suspected of causing genetic defects <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
  • May damage fertility.
  • Toxic if inhaled.
  • Harmful if swallowed.
  • Obtain special instructions before use.
  • Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
  • Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
  • Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
  • Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/
  • IF SWALLOWED:
  • IF INHALED:
  • IF exposed or concerned:
  • Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/
  • Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ if you feel unwell.
  • Get medical advice/attention.
  • Rinse mouth.

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07 · Health hazards

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… health hazards and exposure limits

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… hazard summary

A potential skin sensitizer; [HSDB] VCD causes male and female reproductive damage in high-dose animal studies. [ACGIH] May cause respiratory tract irritation and pulmonary edema; May cause kidney injury; [ICSC]

Source: Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… carcinogenicity classification

IARC classification Group 2B — Possibly carcinogenic to humans
IARC monographs Volume 60: (1994) Some Industrial Chemicals

Under the conditions of these 2-year gavage studies, there was clear evidence of carcinogenic activity of hexachloroethane for male F344/N rats, based on the increased incidences of renal neoplasms. The marginally increased incidences of pheochromocytomas of the adrenal gland may have been related to hexachloroethane administration to male rats. There was no evidence of carcinogenic activity of hexachloroethane for female F344/N rats administered 80 or 160 mg/kg by gavage for 103 weeks.

Source: US National Toxicology Program · TR-362: Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 4-Vinyl-1-cyclohexene Diepoxide (CASRN 106-87-6) in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Dermal Studies) (1989 )

Evaluation: There is inadequate evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide. There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide. Overall evaluation: 4-Vinylcyclohexene diepoxide is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).

Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

4-Vinyl-1-cyclohexene Diepoxide: reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

An IARC group and a CLP classification answer different questions. IARC judges whether the evidence for cancer in humans is strong enough; CLP Annex VI is the legally binding EU classification. A substance can carry one and not the other.

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… occupational exposure limits

US occupational exposure limits reported for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…. PEL is enforceable (OSHA), REL is a recommendation (NIOSH), IDLH is the concentration at which escape becomes impossible without injury.
Limit Value Source
PEL none See Appendix G The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
REL 10 ppm (60 mg/m³) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
REL Ca TWA 10 ppm (60 mg/m3) [skin] See Appendix A The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
IDLH A potential occupational carcinogen. (NIOSH, 2024) CAMEO Chemicals
IDLH NIOSH considers vinyl cyclohexene to be a potential occupational carcinogen. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
IDLH Ca [N.D.] The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

These are United States values. The European Union sets its own indicative and binding limits, and the figure that applies at a given workplace is the one in the local regulation — not the one shown here.

08 · Physical and chemical properties

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… 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.

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… boiling point

Property Value Conditions Source
Boiling point 227 °C (440.6 °F) at 760 mmHg HSDB
227.22 °C (441 °F) NIOSH
227.22 °C (441 °F) at 760 mmHg CAMEO

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… melting point

Property Value Conditions Source
Melting point -108.89 °C (-164 °F) NIOSH
-55 °C (-67 °F) below this value HSDB

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… density

Property Value Conditions Source
Density 1.1 g/cm³ NIOSH
1.0986 g/cm³ at 20 °C HSDB

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… solubility

Property Value Conditions Source
Solubility SOL IN WATER HSDB
High NIOSH
50 to 100 mg/mL at 72 °F (NTP, 1992) at 22.22 °C CAMEO

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… vapor pressure

Property Value Conditions Source
Vapor pressure 0.1 mmHg NIOSH
0.1 mmHg at 20 °C CAMEO

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… flash point

Property Value Conditions Source
Flash point 110 °C (230 °F) NIOSH

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… autoignition temperature

Property Value Conditions Source
Autoignition temperature 393 °C (739.4 °F) ICSC

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… lower explosive limit (LEL)

Property Value Conditions Source
Lower explosive limit (LEL) Class IIIB Combustible Liquid: Fl.P. at or above 200 °F. NIOSH

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… vapor density

Property Value Conditions Source
Vapor density 4.07 (air = 1) CAMEO
4.8 (air = 1) ICSC

Values compiled from PubChem Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary. Temperatures converted to Fahrenheit for reference.

09 · Fire and explosion

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… 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.

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… fire potential

Slight, when exposed to heat or flame.

Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

10 · Handling and storage

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… storage and handling

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… safe storage

Separated from food and feedstuffs, alcohols, amines and other active hydrogen compounds. Dry. Ventilation along the floor.

Source: ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… incompatible materials

Alcohols, amines, water [Note: Slowly hydrolyzes in water].

Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… reactivity

1-VINYL-3-CYCLOHEXENE DIOXIDE reacts with active hydrogen compounds (such as alcohols and amines). (NTP, 1992). Epoxides are highly reactive. They polymerize in the presence of catalysts or when heated. These polymerization reactions can be violent. Compounds in this group react with acids, bases, and oxidizing and reducing agents. They react, possibly violently with water in the presence of acid and other catalysts.

Source: CAMEO Chemicals

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11 · Questions

7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…?

The CAS number of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is 106-87-6. Its EC number is 203-437-7.

What is the chemical formula of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…?

The molecular formula of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is C8H12O2 and its molecular weight is 140.18 g/mol.

What does a 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… carries the pictograms Health hazard and Skull and crossbones and the signal word is Danger.

Is 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… 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 110 °C (230 °F) (NIOSH).

Is 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… a carcinogen?

Yes. CLP Annex VI classifies 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen and assigns it H350: may cause cancer. IARC places it in Group 2B: possibly carcinogenic to humans.

What is the exposure limit for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…?

The US occupational exposure limit reported for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is none See Appendix G (The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)). Limits differ by country: the EU sets its own indicative and binding values, and the figure that applies at a given workplace is the one in the local regulation.

What is the boiling point of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…?

The boiling point reported for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is 227 °C (440.6 °F), at 760 mmHg (HSDB).

What is the melting point of 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo…?

The melting point reported for 7-oxa-3-oxiranylbicyclo… is -108.89 °C (-164 °F) (NIOSH).

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