| Umweltverhalten | TERRESTRIAL FATE: Based on a recommended classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 37(SRC), determined from a measured water solubility(2) and a recommended regression-derived equation(3), indicates that 2-methyl-1-pentanol will have very high mobility in soil(SRC). Biodegradation of this compound should be an important fate process(SRC). 2-Methyl-1-pentanol, at 2.0 mg of carbon/L, was inoculated with domestic sewage18, 55, 62 and 54% of the theorectical BOD was produced on day 2, 5, 20, and 30, respectively(4). Volatilization of 2-methyl-1-pentanol may be important from moist soil surfaces(SRC) given an estimated Henry's Law constant of 4.3X10-5 atm-cu m/mole(2,5,SRC), and from dry soil surfaces(SRC) based on a vapor pressure of 1.92 mm Hg at 25 °C, determined from experimentally-derived coefficients(5,SRC).AQUATIC FATE: Based on a recommended classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 37(SRC), determined from a measured water solubility(2) and a recommended regression-derived equation(3), indicates that 2-methyl-1-pentanol will not adsorb to suspended solids and sediment(SRC) in the water. Biodegradation of this compound should be an important fate process(SRC). 2-Methyl-1-pentanol, at 2.0 mg of carbon/L, was inoculated with domestic sewage18, 55, 62 and 54% of the theorectical BOD was produced on day 2, 5, 20, and 30, respectively(4). 2-Methyl-1-pentanol should volatilize from water surfaces based on an estimated Henry's Law constant of 4.3X10-5 atm-cu m/mole(SRC), calculated from experimental values for water solubility(2) and vapor pressure(5). Estimated half-lives for a model river and model lake are 1 and 10 days, respectively(3,SRC). An estimated BCF value of 5(3,SRC), calculated from the water solubility(2), suggests that 2-methyl-1-pentanol will not bioconcentrate in aquatic organisms(SRC), according to a recommended classification scheme(6).ATMOSPHERIC FATE: According to a suggested classification scheme(1), a vapor pressure of 1.92 mm Hg at 25 °C(SRC), determined from experimentally-derived coefficients(2), indicates that 2-methyl-1-pentanol will mainly exist in the vapor phase in the ambient atmosphere. Vapor-phase 2-methyl-1-pentanol is degraded in the atmosphere by reaction with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals(SRC)the half-life for this reaction in air is estimated to be about 1 day(3,SRC). |
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