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Phenmedipham

Phenmedipham is colorless crystals and is odorless.

CAS 13684-63-4 C16H16N2O4 300.31 g/mol Warning

01 · Identification

What Phenmedipham is

Phenmedipham is colorless crystals and is odorless. Its molecular formula is C16H16N2O4 and its molecular weight is 300.31 g/mol. It melts at 144 °C.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Warning.

02 · Identifiers

Phenmedipham identifiers and molecular data

Phenmedipham CAS number and EC number

CAS number13684-63-4
EC number237-199-0
Index number (CLP Annex VI)616-106-00-0

Phenmedipham molecular formula and molecular weight

Molecular formulaC16H16N2O4
Molecular weight300.31 g/mol

Other names for Phenmedipham

  • phenmedipham (ISO)
  • methyl 3-(3-methylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilate

03 · GHS classification

Phenmedipham hazard classification

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

Phenmedipham pictograms and signal word

Signal wordWarning

Phenmedipham hazard class and category

GHS hazard classes Phenmedipham falls into
Hazard class Category From code Pictogram
Hazardous to the aquatic environment - acute GHS chapter 4.1 Category 1 H400 GHS09
Hazardous to the aquatic environment - chronic GHS chapter 4.1 Category 1 H410 GHS09

Phenmedipham hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to Phenmedipham
CodeHazard statement
H400 Very toxic to aquatic life.
H410 Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

This page lists only the codes assigned to Phenmedipham. 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 Phenmedipham

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 Phenmedipham 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

Phenmedipham precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 3 precautionary statements to Phenmedipham. 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.

Disposal

What has to happen to the contents and the empty container.

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

Phenmedipham 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 фенмедифам (ISO) метилов 3-(3-метилкарбанилоилокси)карбанилат
Spanish español Fenmedifam (ISO) 3-(3-metilcarbaniloiloxi)carbanilato de metilo
Czech čeština fenmedifam (ISO) methyl- N -(3-{[ N -(3-(methylfenyl)karbamoyl]oxy}fenyl)karbamát
Danish dansk phenmedipham (ISO) methyl-3-(3-methylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilat
German Deutsch Phenmedipham (ISO) Methyl-3-(3-methylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilat
Estonian eesti fenmedifaam (ISO) metüül-3-(3-metüülkarbaniloüüloksü)karbanilaat
Greek ελληνικά phenmedipham (φαινομεδιφάμη) (ISO) 3-(3-μεθυλοκαρβανιλοϋλοξυ)καρβανιλικό μεθύλιο3-(3-μεθυλοκαρβανιλοϋλοξυ)καρβανιλικός μεθυλεστέρας
English English phenmedipham (ISO) methyl 3-(3-methylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilate
French français phenmédiphame (ISO) 3-(3-méthylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilate de méthyle
Croatian hrvatski fenmedifam (ISO) metil 3-(3-metilkarbaniloiloksi)karbanilat
Italian italiano fenmedifam (ISO) metil 3-(3-metilcarbaniloilossi)carbanilato
Latvian latviešu fenmedifāms (ISO) metil-3-(3-metilkarbaniloiloksi)karbanilāts
Lithuanian lietuvių fenmedifamas (ISO) metilo 3-(3-metilkarbaniloiloksi)karbanilatas
Hungarian magyar fenmedifam (ISO) metil-3-(3-metilkarbaniloiloxi)karbanilát
Maltese Malti fenmedifam (ISO) metil 3-(3-metilkarbanilojlossi)karbanilat
Dutch Nederlands fenmedifam (ISO) methyl 3-(3-methylcarbaniloyloxy)carbanilaat
Polish polski fenmedifam (ISO) 3-(3-metylokarbaniloksy)karbanilan metylu
Portuguese português fenemedifame (ISO) 3-(3-metilcarbaniloiloxi)carbanilato de metilo
Romanian română fenmedifam (ISO) 3-(3-metilcarbaniloiloxi)carbanilat de metil
Slovak slovenčina fénmedifám (ISO), metyl- N -(3-{[ N -(3-metylfenyl)karbamoyl]oxy}fenyl)karbamát
Slovenian slovenščina fenmedifam (ISO) metil 3-(3-metilkarbaniloiloksi)karbanilat
Finnish suomi fenmedifaami (ISO) metyyli-3-(3-metyylikarbaniloyylioksi)karbanilaatti
Swedish svenska fenmedifam (ISO) metyl 3-(3-metylkarbaniloyloxi)karbanilat

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

Phenmedipham GHS label elements

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

GHS09 Environment pictogram

Warning

Phenmedipham

  • Very toxic to aquatic life.
  • Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
  • Avoid release to the environment.
  • Collect spillage.
  • Dispose of contents/container to

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07 · Health hazards

Phenmedipham health hazards and exposure limits

Phenmedipham hazard summary

Allergic and photoallergic contact dermatitis reported in farmers; [Kanerva, p. 783] Emergency treatment: Carbamate herbicides and fungicides; [HSDB] The erythrocyte is the primary target of toxicity with hemolytic anemia observed in sub-chronic (rat, mouse, and dog) and chronic (rat) feeding studies; Methemoglobinemia and other hematological changes also seen in some studies; The severity of hematological effects noted in sub-chronic studies did not progress with time as evidenced in chronic studies; No developmental toxicity observed at the highest tested dose in rats (1,350 mg/kg/day) or rabbits (1,000 mg/kg/day) by gavage during gestation; [EPA REDs] May cause irritation; Toxic by skin absorption; [Aldrich MSDS]

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

Phenmedipham carcinogenicity classification

Cancer Classification: Group D Not Classifiable as to Human Carcinogenicity

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.

08 · Physical and chemical properties

Phenmedipham 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.

Phenmedipham melting point

Property Value Conditions Source
Melting point 143.5 °C (290.3 °F) range, midpoint shown HSDB
143.33 °C (290 °F) range, midpoint shown CAMEO

Phenmedipham density

Property Value Conditions Source
Density 0.275 g/cm³ range, midpoint shown, at 20 °C HSDB

Phenmedipham solubility

Property Value Conditions Source
Solubility less than 1 mg/mL at 70 °F (NTP, 1992) at 21.11 °C CAMEO

Phenmedipham vapor pressure

Property Value Conditions Source
Vapor pressure 1e-11 mmHg at 25 °C CAMEO
1.3 nPa at 25 °C at 25 °C HSDB

Phenmedipham flash point

Property Value Conditions Source
Flash point 74 °C (165.2 °F) HSDB

Phenmedipham corrosivity

Property Value Conditions Source
Corrosivity Non-corrosive HSDB

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

09 · Source notes

Further notes on Phenmedipham

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.

Solubility

COLORLESS, ODORLESS, CRYSTALLINE SOLID; MP 143-144 °C; SOLUBILITY: 1 MG/L WATER AT 20 °C, ACETONE 20%, CYCLOHEXANONE 20%, METHANOL 5% /TECHNICAL MATERIAL 97% PURE/

Source: HSDB

4.7 MG/L WATER; ABOUT 200 G/KG IN ACETONE, CYCLOHEXANONE; ABOUT 50 G/KG IN METHANOL; 20 G/KG IN CHLOROFORM; 2.5 G/KG IN BENZENE; ABOUT 500 MG/KG IN HEXENE AT ROOM TEMP

Source: HSDB

10 · Handling and storage

Phenmedipham storage and handling

Phenmedipham reactivity

PHENMEDIPHAM is a carbamate ester. Carbamates are chemically similar to, but more reactive than amides. Like amides they form polymers such as polyurethane resins. Carbamates are incompatible with strong acids and bases, and especially incompatible with strong reducing agents such as hydrides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is produced by the combination of active metals or nitrides with carbamates. Strongly oxidizing acids, peroxides, and hydroperoxides are incompatible with carbamates. This compound is incompatible with alkaline preparations. (NTP, 1992)

Source: CAMEO Chemicals

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11 · Questions

Phenmedipham — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of Phenmedipham?

The CAS number of Phenmedipham is 13684-63-4. Its EC number is 237-199-0.

What is the chemical formula of Phenmedipham?

The molecular formula of Phenmedipham is C16H16N2O4 and its molecular weight is 300.31 g/mol.

What does a Phenmedipham label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for Phenmedipham carries the pictogram Environment and the signal word is Warning.

Is Phenmedipham flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns Phenmedipham 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 74 °C (165.2 °F) (HSDB).

Is Phenmedipham a carcinogen?

CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Phenmedipham. 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 melting point of Phenmedipham?

The melting point reported for Phenmedipham is 143.5 °C (290.3 °F), range, midpoint shown (HSDB).

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