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 Category:herbicides / pesticides 
  
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Physical Properties: 
| Appearance: | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |  
| Assay: |  95.00 to 100.00 
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed:  | No |  
| Specific Gravity: | 1.32200 @  25.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: |  213.00 °C. @  760.00 mm Hg (est)
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| Vapor Pressure: | 0.200000 mmHg @  20.00 °C. (est) |  
| Flash Point: | > 230.00 °F. TCC ( > 110.00 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): |  -0.760 (est) |  
| Soluble in: |  
|   | water, 1.00E+06 mg/L @ 20 °C (exp) |  |   | water, 3.06e+005 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |  
 
  
Organoleptic Properties: 
| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |  
 
  
Cosmetic Information: 
  
Suppliers: 
  
Safety Information: 
| Preferred SDS: View |  
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| Hazards identification |  
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|  Classification of the substance or mixture |  
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |  
| None found. |  
|  GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |  
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| Hazard statement(s) |  
| None found. |  
| Precautionary statement(s) |  
| None found. |  
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity:  |  
oral-bird - wild LD50  23700 ug/kg Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Vol. 12, Pg. 355, 1983.
  
oral-mammal (species unspecified) LD50  82 mg/kg BEHAVIORAL: GENERAL ANESTHETIC
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: OTHER (DIRECT) PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: LACRIMATION: EYE Annals of Applied Biology. Vol. 113, Pg. 307, 1988.
  
intraperitoneal-mouse LD50  73 mg/kg Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Vol. 18, Pg. 116, 1975.
  
oral-mouse LD50  160 mg/kg BEHAVIORAL: SOMNOLENCE (GENERAL DEPRESSED ACTIVITY)
BEHAVIORAL: ATAXIA
BRAIN AND COVERINGS: RECORDINGS FROM SPECIFIC AREAS OF CNS AMA Archives of Industrial Health. Vol. 14, Pg. 250, 1956.
  
oral-rat LD50  26 mg/kg BEHAVIORAL: SOMNOLENCE (GENERAL DEPRESSED ACTIVITY) International Pest Control. Vol. 24, Pg. 20, 1982.
  
intraperitoneal-rat LDLo  10 mg/kg National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Chemical-Biological Coordination Center, Review. Vol. 5, Pg. 9, 1953.
  
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| Dermal Toxicity:  |  
skin-rabbit LD50 800 uL/kg SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER CHANGES: OLFACTION
BEHAVIORAL: ATAXIA
BEHAVIORAL: TREMOR National Technical Information Service. Vol. OTS0543607
  
skin-rat LD50 1057 mg/kg BEHAVIORAL: TREMOR
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: OTHER CHANGES: OLFACTION
BEHAVIORAL: ATAXIA National Technical Information Service. Vol. OTS0543607
  
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| Inhalation Toxicity:  |  
inhalation-mouse LC50 > 90 ppm/4H GASTROINTESTINAL: CHANGES IN STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF SALIVARY GLANDS
LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: LACRIMATION: EYE AMA Archives of Industrial Health. Vol. 14, Pg. 250, 1956.
  
inhalation-rat LCLo 125 ppm/4H Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. Vol. 31, Pg. 343, 1949.
  
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Safety in Use Information: 
| Category:  |  | herbicides / pesticides |  
| Recommendation for 3-chloro-1,2-propane diol usage levels up to:  |  |   | not for fragrance use.
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| Recommendation for 3-chloro-1,2-propane diol flavor usage levels up to:  |  
|   | not for flavor use.
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Safety References: 
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s):
 
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Report of ESCO WG on non-plastic Food Contact Materials View page or View pdf
 
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Analysis of occurrence of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in food in Europe in the years 2009-2011 and preliminary exposure assessment View page or View pdf
 
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Development and validation of analytical methods for the analysis of 3-MCPD (both in free and ester form) and glycidyl esters in various food matrices and performance of an ad-hoc survey on specific food groups in support to a scientific opinion on comprehensive risk assessment on the presence of 3-MCPD and glycidyl esters in food View page or View pdf
 
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Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food View page or View pdf
 
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Update of the risk assessment on 3-monochloropropane diol and its fatty acid esters View page or View pdf
 
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| EPI System: View |  
| Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System:Search |  
| AIDS Citations:Search |  
| Cancer Citations:Search |  
| Toxicology Citations:Search |  
| Carcinogenic Potency Database:Search |  
| EPA GENetic TOXicology:Search |  
| EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA):96-24-2 |  
| EPA ACToR:Toxicology Data |  
| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS):Registry |  
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary :7290 |  
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:Data |  
| WGK Germany:3 |  
| 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol |  
| Chemidplus:0000096242 |  
| EPA/NOAA CAMEO:hazardous materials |  
| RTECS:TY4025000 for cas# 96-24-2 |  
 
  
References: 
  
Other Information: 
  
Potential Blenders and core components  note 
  
Potential Uses: 
  
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note 
  
Synonyms: 
| 1- | chloro-1-deoxyglycerol |  | 3- | chloro-1,2-dihydroxypropane |  | (±)-3- | chloro-1,2-propanediol |  | 3- | chloro-1,2-propanediol |  | 3- | chloro-1,2-propylene glycol |  | 1- | chloro-2,3-dihydroxypropane |  | 1- | chloro-2,3-propanediol |  | a- | chlorohydrin |  | a-mono | chlorohydrin |  | a- | chlorohydrine |  | 3- | chloropropane-1,2-diol |  | 3-mono | chloropropane-1,2-diol |  | 1- | chloropropane-2,3-diol |  | 3- | chloropropylene glycol |  | 3- | chlorpropan-1,2-diol |  | (±)-2,3- | dihydroxychloropropane |  | 2,3- | dihydroxypropyl chloride |  |   | glycerin a-monochlorhydrin |  |   | glycerin epichlorohydrin |  |   | glycerine a-monochlorohydrin |  |   | glycerol 3-chlorohydrin |  |   | glycerol a-monochlorohydrin |  |   | glycerol a-monochlorohydrin [UN2689] [Keep away from food] |  |   | glycerol chlorohydrin |  | a- | glycerol chlorohydrin |  |   | glyceryl a-chlorohydrin |  |   | glyceryl-a-chlorohydrin |  | 1,2- | propanediol, 3-chloro- |  
 
  
Articles:
| PubMed:A novel approach of periodate oxidation coupled with HPLC-FLD for the quantitative determination of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol in water and vegetable oil. |  
| PubMed:Metabonomic analysis of urine from rats after low-dose exposure to 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol using UPLC-MS. |  
| PubMed:A new, direct analytical method using LC-MS/MS for fatty acid esters of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD esters) in edible oils. |  
| PubMed:Absorption and metabolism of the food contaminant 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) and its fatty acid esters by human intestinal Caco-2 cells. |  
| PubMed:Migration studies of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) in polyethylene extrusion-coated paperboard food packaging. |  
| PubMed:Carcinogenicity study of 3-monochloropropane-1, 2-diol (3-MCPD) administered by drinking water to B6C3F1 mice showed no carcinogenic potential. |  
| PubMed:Novel biomarkers of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol exposure by ultra performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry based metabonomic analysis of rat urine. |  
| PubMed:Mixed sorbent phases for thick film open tubular traps. |  
| PubMed:Hydrolysis and H2O2-assisted UV photolysis of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol. |  
| PubMed:Rational design of solid catalysts for the selective use of glycerol as a natural organic building block. |  
| PubMed:Occurrence of 3-MCPD fatty acid esters in human breast milk. |  
| PubMed:Esters of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) in vegetable oils: significance in the formation of 3-MCPD. |  
| PubMed:A reinvestigation of the synthesis of arsonolipids (2,3-diacyloxypropylarsonic acids). |  
| PubMed:Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants. |  
| PubMed:The selective neurotoxicity produced by 3-chloropropanediol in the rat is not a result of energy deprivation. |  
| PubMed:[Study on elimination of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol in hydrolyzed vegetable protein by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection]. |  
| PubMed:Removal of 1,3-dichloro2-propanol and 3-chloro1,2-propanediol by the whole cell system of pseudomonas putida DSM 437. |  
| PubMed:Determination of rate constants and activation energy of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol hydrolysis by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection. |  
| PubMed:Biodegradation of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. |  
| PubMed:Model studies on the formation of monochloropropanediols in the presence of lipase. |  
| PubMed:[Study on the toxicological effect of chloropropanols on rats]. |  
| PubMed:Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants. |  
| PubMed:Determination of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol in foods and food ingredients by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection: collaborative study. |  
| PubMed:Conformational features of reduced and disulfide intact forms of hen egg white lysozyme in aqueous solution in presence of 3-chloro-1, 2-propanediol and dioxane: implications for protein folding intermediates. |  
| PubMed:Determination of halogenated mono-alcohols and diols in water by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. |  
| PubMed:Analytical methods for the determination of 3-chloro-1,2-propandiol and 2-chloro-1,3-propandiol in hydrolysed vegetable protein, seasonings and food products using gas chromatography/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. |  
| PubMed:Biochemical characterization of a haloalcohol dehalogenase from Arthrobacter erithii H10a. |  
| PubMed:The vicinal chloroalcohols 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol (DC2P), 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3CPD) and 2-chloro-1,3-propanediol (2CPD) are not genotoxic in vivo in the wing spot test of Drosophila melanogaster. |  
| PubMed:Antifertility potential of ornidazole analogues in rats. |  
| PubMed:Toxicity to transferred rat embryos after aspirin treatment during preimplantation stage in vivo. |  
| PubMed:Purification and Characterization of Two Epoxide Hydrolases from Corynebacterium sp. Strain N-1074. |  
| PubMed:Utilization of a short-term male reproductive toxicity study design to examine effects of alpha-chlorohydrin (3-chloro-1,2-propanediol). |  
| PubMed:Production of (R)-3-Chloro-1,2-Propanediol from Prochiral 1,3-Dichloro-2-Propanol by Corynebacterium sp. Strain N-1074. |  
| PubMed:Resolution and some properties of enzymes involved in enantioselective transformation of 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol to (R)-3-chloro-1,2-propanediol by Corynebacterium sp. strain N-1074. |  
| PubMed:Identification and quantitative analysis of urinary metabolites of dichloropropanols in rats. |  
| PubMed:Purification and characterization of haloalcohol dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. strain AD2. |  
| PubMed:Malignant transformation of mouse M2-fibroblasts by glycerol chlorohydrines contained in protein hydrolysates and commercial food. |  
| PubMed:NTP Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Glycidol (CAS No. 556-52-5) In F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Gavage Studies). |  
| PubMed:Genotoxicity, metabolism and blood kinetics of epichlorohydrin in mice. |  
| PubMed:The comparative effects of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) and its metabolites, 3-chloro-1,2-propaneoxide (epichlorohydrin), 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (alphachlorohydrin), and oxalic acid, on the urogenital system of male rats. |  
| PubMed:Mutagenicity of glycerol chlorohydrines and of their esters with higher fatty acids present in protein hydrolysates. |  
| PubMed:Measurement of Metabolites Associated with Nonaqueously Isolated Starch Granules from Immature Zea mays L. Endosperm. |  
| PubMed:A Nonaqueous Procedure for Isolating Starch Granules with Associated Metabolites from Maize (Zea mays L.) Endosperm. |  
| PubMed:Antifertility activity of alpha-chlorohydrin (3-chloro-1, 2 propanediol, U-5897) on the female rats. |  
| PubMed:Effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the male reproductive organs of the Indian langur. |  
| PubMed:DNA synthesis in HeLa cell nuclei isolated in a non-aqueous medium. |  
| PubMed:Chemical sterilization: effects of a single high dose of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol on the testes and epididymides of dog. |  
| PubMed:Biochemical changes in the female genital tract of the hedgehog following 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol administration. |  
| PubMed:Observations of the effects of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol on the female reproductive tract and pituitary gonadotrophs of the gerbil (Meriones hurrianae). |  
| PubMed:Studies on the male anti-fertility drug 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol. |  
| PubMed:[Effect of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol on the tests and seminal vesicles in rats. Histochemical study]. |  
| PubMed:New developments in contraceptive agents. |  
| PubMed:Bulk isolation in nonaqueous media of nuclei from lyophilized cells. |  
| PubMed:Antifertility activity of 3-chloro-1, 2-propanediol (U-5897) on male rats. |  
| PubMed:Nature and site of action of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol--an oral antifertility agent for the male. |  
| PubMed:Possible mechanism of posttesticular antifertility action of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol. |  
 
  
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