Testing Information

Testing Status of Agents at NTP

CAS Registry Number: 96-12-8

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Selected information from two of the National Library of Medicine's databases: ChemIDPlus1 and HSDB2.

Names (NTP)

  • DBCP
  • 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
  • PROPANE, 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLORO- (8CI)(9CI)

Structure

Chemical Structure for CAS Registry Number 96-12-8 from NLM

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Chemical Properties2

Property Description
Color/Form
  • Colorless liquid when pure
Odor
  • PUNGENT ODOR
  • Pungent odor at high concentrations.
Taste
  • The threshold for taste ... was reported to be 0.01 mg/l.
Boiling Point
  • 164.5 deg C at 300 mm Hg
Melting Point
  • 5 deg C
Molecular Weight
  • 236.36
Corrosivity
  • CORRODES ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, TIN & ALLOYS CONTAINING THESE METALS; ATTACKS RUBBER MATERIAL & COATINGS
  • Will not corrode steel or copper alloys unless it contains more than 0.02% of water.
Critical Temperature & Pressure
  • None found
Density/Specific Gravity
  • 2.08 AT 20 DEG C/20 DEG C
Disassociation Constants
  • None found
Heat of Combustion
  • None found
Heat of Vaporization
  • None found
log P (octanol-water)
  • log Kow= 2.96
pH
  • None found
Solubilities
  • MISCIBLE IN ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
  • MISCIBLE WITH OILS, DICHLOROPROPANE, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
  • 0.1% wt/wt in water
  • Miscible with acetone
  • In water= 1230 mg/l at 20 deg C
Spectral Properties
  • INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.553 AT 14 DEG C/D
  • MASS: 4575 (National Bureau of Standards EPA-NIH Mass Spectra Data Base, NSRDS-NBS-63)
  • Intense mass spectral peaks: 157 m/z (100%), 75 m/z (88%), 155 m/z (85%), 49 m/z (38%)
Surface Tension
  • None found
Vapor Density
  • 2.09 at 14 deg C
Vapor Pressure
  • 0.58 mm Hg at 20 deg C
Relative Evaporation Rate
  • None found
Viscosity
  • None found
Other Properties
  • Percent in saturated air: 0.13 @ 25 deg C; 1 mg/l= 103.4 ppm and 1 ppm= 9.71 mg/cu m @ 25 deg C, 760 mm Hg
  • Conversion factors: 1 ppm= 9.67 mg/cu m; 1 mg/cu m= 0.103 ppm
  • AMBER TO DARK BROWN LIQUID /TECHNICAL GRADE/
  • Dense yellow liquid; may also appear in granular form /Technical Grade/
  • Stable in neutral and acidic media; hydrolyzed by alkali to 2-bromoallyl alcohol.
  • Dense yellow or amber liquid (Note: A solid below 43 degrees F).

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Uses2

  • Cancellation of all registrations of end use products except for the use on pineapples in Hawaii /as soil fumigant/ (3/31/81)
  • Intermediate in organic synthesis; LV (low in volatiles) commercial preparation for the flame retardant tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate
  • Unclassified nematocide used for soil fumigation of cucumbers, summer squash, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, snap beans, okra, aster, shasta daisy, ornamental turf (lawns), bermuda grass, centipede grass, St Augustine grass, zoysia grass, ardisia, azalea, camellia, forsythia, gardenia, hibiscus, roses, and arborvitae. /Gro-Tone Nematode Granular/ /Former uses/
  • Fumigation of pineapple in Hawaii. /Nematocide EM 12.1, Nematocide EM 15.1/
  • Restricted use against plant-parasitic nematodes in soil fumigation of pineapple. /Nematocide Solution 17.1/
  • Nematicidal soil sterilant used on berries, citrus, grapes, deciduous fruit, nuts, peanuts, cotton, soya beans, turf, vegetables, and ornamentals. /Former use/

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Superlist Classes1

  • ATSDR Profile Priority List, rank : 43
  • Overall Carcinogenic Evaluation: Group 2B
  • Reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen
  • Reportable Quantity (RQ) = 1 lb
  • TWA see 1910.1044

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Notes (Sources: NTP,HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • None found

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Other Registry Numbers1

  • 105567-86-0

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Synonyms (Sources: NTP, HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • 3-01-00-00250 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
  • AI3-18445
  • BBC 12
  • BBCP
  • BRN 1732077
  • 1-Chloro-2,3-dibromopropane
  • 3-Chloro-1,2-dibromopropane
  • DBCP
  • Dibromochloropropane
  • Durham Nematicode EM 17.1
  • Fumagon
  • Fumazon 86
  • Fumazone
  • Fumazone 86
  • Fumazone 86E
  • Gro-Tone Nematode Granular
  • HSDB 1629
  • NCI-C00500
  • Nemabrom
  • Nemafume
  • Nemagon
  • Nemagon 20
  • Nemagon 20G
  • Nemagon 206
  • Nemagon 90
  • Nemagon soil fumigant
  • Nemagone
  • Nemanax
  • Nemanex
  • Nemapaz
  • Nemaset
  • Nematocide EM 12.1
  • Nematocide EM 15.1
  • Nematocide Solution EM 17.1
  • Nematox
  • Nemazon
  • OS 1897
  • Oxy DBCP
  • Propane, 1-chloro-2,3-dibromo-
  • Propane, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloro-
  • RCRA waste number U066
  • SD 1897

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Links to Additional Information1

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Footnotes

1 Source: the National Library of Medicine's ChemIDPlus, 10/28/2007.

2 Source: the National Library of Medicine's Hazardous Substance Database, 10/28/2007.

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Web page last updated on May 14, 2008