Diisopropylbenzol

Fresh air, rest.

Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap.

Rinse with plenty of water (remove contact lenses if easily possible).

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Remove all ignition sources. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Ventilation. Collect leaking liquid in covered containers. Absorb remaining liquid in sand or inert absorbent. Then store and dispose of according to local regulations.

TERRESTRIAL FATE: Based upon an estimated Koc value of 4000(1), diisopropylbenzene is expected to be relatively immobile in soil(SRC). Insufficient data are available to predict the rates or importance of soil degradation processes(SRC).

AQUATIC FATE: Volatilization and adsorption to sediment may be important transport processes in water for diisopropylbenzene. Volatilization half-lives of 3.8 and 45 hours can be estimated for a model river (1 meter deep) and model pond (2 meters deep), respectively, when the effects of adsorption are not present(1-2); in the presence of adsorption (Koc of 4000), the volatilization half-life from the pond increases to 27 days(2). Based upon an estimated Koc of 4000(3), diisopropylbenzene may partition from the water column to sediment and suspended material. Insufficient data are available to predict the importance of biodegradation(SRC).

ATMOSPHERIC FATE: Based upon vapor pressures of 0.25 to 0.39 mm Hg at 25 °C(1), the diisopropylbenzene isomers are expected to exist almost entirely in the vapor-phase in the ambient atmosphere(2). Diisopropylbenzene will degrade in an average ambient atmosphere by reaction with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals (estimated half-life of 30 hours)(3,SRC).

Neurotoxin - Acute solvent syndrome

Neurotoxin - Acute solvent syndrome

m- and p-Diisopropylbenzene were qualitatively detected in water samples collected from advanced waste treatment facilities in Pomona, CA (Jun 17, 1975) and Lake Tahoe, CA (Oct 24, 1974)(1). Diisopropylbenzene was detected in the wastewater effluent from a chemical manufacturing facility in LA (concn, site or date not reported)(2).

Using a structure estimation method based on molecular connectivity indexes, the Koc for diisopropylbenzene can be estimated to be about 4000(1). This estimated Koc indicates that diisopropylbenzene will be relatively immobile in soil(2,SRC).

Diisopropylbenzene occurs in large amounts in the high-boiling fractions of cumene production facilities(1) and can therefore be released in waste streams and fugitive emissions associated with cumene production. Distillate fractions containing diisopropylbenzene can be blended into gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels(2); therefore, evaporation or incomplete combustion of these fuels can release diisopropylbenzene into the atmosphere. Diisopropylbenzene and its individual isomers are used in solvents and as feedstock for making other chemicals(1-3) which can result in their release to the environment through evaporation and manufacturing waste streams(SRC).

The Henry's Law constant for diisopropylbenzene can be estimated(SRC) to be 0.0204 atm-cu m/mole using a structure estimation method(1). This value of Henry's Law constant indicates rapid volatilization from water(2). Based on this Henry's Law constant, the volatilization half-life from a model river (1 m deep flowing 1 m/sec with a wind velocity of 3 m/sec) can be estimated(SRC) to be about 3.8 hours(2). The volatilization half-life from a model environmental pond can be estimated to be about 45 hours if the effect of adsorption to sediment is ignored(3); if the effect of adsorption to sediment is predicted from an estimated Koc of 4000(4), the estimated volatilization half-life from the pond increases to about 27 days(3,SRC).

Rated 1 on rabbit eyes. /On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most severe./

Diisopropylbenzene occurs in three isomeric forms, namely as the ortho, the meta, and the para derivatives ... . Orally, they are of very low toxicity. Of 10 rats dosed with 5.0 ml/kg, no deaths for the meta, and one death for the ortho and the para isomers occurred. ... Rats and rabbits exposed to 0.2 to 1.0 mg/l (30 to 150 ppm) for 90 minutes daily for 5 weeks developed vascular hyperemia, hemorrhaging in most major organs, and fatty and protein dystrophy in the liver, kidney, and heart, and hyperplasia of the bone marrow.

Diisopropylbenzene rated 1 on rabbit eyes /on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most severe/. /Diisopropylbenzene/

Diisopropylbenzene occurs in three isomeric forms, namely as the ortho, the meta, and the para derivatives ... . Orally, they are of very low toxicity. Of 10 rats dosed with 5.0 ml/kg, no deaths for the meta, and one death for the ortho and the para isomers occurred. ... Rats and rabbits exposed to 0.2 to 1.0 mg/l (30 to 150 ppm) for 90 minutes daily for 5 weeks developed vascular hyperemia, hemorrhaging in most major organs, and fatty and protein dystrophy in the liver, kidney, and heart, and hyperplasia of the bone marrow. meta-Diisopropylbenzene caused decreased fertility in the rat and mouse at 1 to 3 mg/l for 30 days.

The rate constant for the vapor-phase reaction of diisopropylbenzene with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals has been estimated to be about 1.3X10-11 cu cm/molecule-sec at 25 °C which corresponds to an atmospheric half-life of about 30 hrs at an atmospheric concn of 5X10+5 hydroxyl radicals per cu cm(1). Benzenes are generally resistant to aqueous environmental hydrolysis(2), therefore, diisopropylbenzene is not expected to hydrolyze in the environment(SRC).