Isophorone

Excerpt from ERG Guide 128 [Flammable Liquids (Water-Immiscible)]:

Use water spray, powder, foam, carbon dioxide.

Fresh air, rest. Artificial respiration may be needed. Refer for medical attention.

Remove contaminated clothes. Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap.

First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible), then refer for medical attention.

Rinse mouth. Give a slurry of activated charcoal in water to drink. Do NOT induce vomiting.

EYES: First check the victim for contact lenses and remove if present. Flush victim's eyes with water or normal saline solution for 20 to 30 minutes while simultaneously calling a hospital or poison control center. Do not put any ointments, oils, or medication in the victim's eyes without specific instructions from a physician. IMMEDIATELY transport the victim after flushing eyes to a hospital even if no symptoms (such as redness or irritation) develop.

(General first aid procedures)

27.0 [ppm]

2.0 [ppm]

Do not extinguish fire unless flow can be stopped. Use water in flooding quantities as fog. Solid streams of water may be ineffective. Cool all affected containers with flooding quantities of water. Apply water from as far a distance as possible. Use "alcohol" foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide.

If material on fire or involved in fire: Do not extinguish fire unless flow can be stopped or safely confined. Use water in flooding quantities as fog. Solid streams of water may be ineffective. Cool all affected containers with flooding quantities of water. Apply water from as far a distance as possible. Use "alcohol" foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide.

Use water spray to keep fire exposed containers cool. Use flooding quantities of water as fog or spray, dry chemical, foam, or carbon dioxide.

If leak or spill has not ignited, use water spray to disperse vapors & to protect men attempting to stop leak.

Environmental considerations: Land spill: Dig a pit, pond, lagoon, holding area to contain liquid or solid material. /SRP: If time permits, pits, ponds, lagoons, soak holes, or holding areas should be sealed with an impermeable flexible membrane liner./ Dike surfact flow using soil, sand bags, foamed polyurethane, or foamed concrete. Absorb bulk liquid with fly ash, cement powder, or comercial sorbents.

Environmental considerations: Water spill: Use natural barriers or oil spill control booms to limit spill travel. Remove trapped material with suction hoses.

Environmental considerations: Air spill: Apply water spray or mist ot knock kown vapors.

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

The following wastewater treatment technologies have been investigated for Isophorone. Concentration process: Biological treatment.

The following wastewater treatment technologies have been investigated for Isophorone. Concentration process: Solvent extraction.

The following wastewater treatment technologies have been investigated for Isophorone. Concentration process: Activated carbon.

Spray into incinerator or burn in paper packaging. Additional flammable solvent may be added.

Personal protection: filter respirator for organic gases and vapours adapted to the airborne concentration of the substance. Collect leaking and spilled liquid in sealable containers as far as possible. Absorb remaining liquid in sand or inert absorbent. Then store and dispose of according to local regulations.

Irrigate eyes with water. Wash skin with abundant quantities of water.

SRP: The scientific literature for the use of contact lenses in industry is conflicting. The benefit or detrimental effects of wearing contact lenses depend not only upon the substance, but also on factors including the form of the substance, characteristics and duration of the exposure, the uses of other eye protection equipment, and the hygiene of the lenses. However, there may be individual substances whose irritating or corrosive properties are such that the wearing of contact lenses would be harmful to the eye. In those specific cases, contact lenses should not be worn. In any event, the usual eye protection equipment should be worn even when contact lenses are in place.

SRP: Contaminated protective clothing should be segregated in such a manner so that there is no direct personal contact by personnel who handle, dispose, or clean the clothing. Quality assurance to ascertain the completeness of the cleaning procedures should be implemented before the decontaminated protective clothing is returned for reuse by the workers. Contaminated clothing should not be taken home at end of shift, but should remain at employee's place of work for cleaning.

Personnel protection: Avoid breathing vapors. Keep upwind. ... Do not handle broken packages unless wearing appropriate personal protective equipment. Wash away any material which may have contacted the body with copious amounts of water or soap and water.

For more Preventive Measures (Complete) data for ISOPHORONE (7 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Isophorone - Succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information.

Ranking: 149 (total points: 1016.04)

Joint toxic action of isophorone with 26 industrial liquid chemicals was examined based on acute LD50 data from oral intubations of female albino rats. ... LD50s were determined for each of the cmpds. Based on the assumption of simple similar action, isophorone exhibited >additive toxicity in combination with 9 cmpds & <additive toxicity in combination with 17 cmpds. The significance of the interactions was determined by modifying the interactive ratios (predicted/observed LC50) so that the distribution approximated normality. Significant interaction was then defined as those ratios which were beyond 1.96 standard deviations from the mean ratio. By this criterion none of the mixtures containing isophorone deviated significantly from the assumption of simple similar action. In a subsequent study, equal volume mixtures of isophorone & propylene oxide showed markedly <additive toxicity, but equitoxic mixtures showed slightly >additive toxicity. An equitoxic mixture was defined as a mixture of chemicals in volumes directly proportional to their respective rat oral LD50 values, so that each component contributed the same degree of toxicity to the mixture.

... /It was/ reported that inhalation of isophorone for 4 hr by mice increased the threshold for onset of seizures produced by iv admin of pentrazole ... .

Dermal (Skin), Hepatic (Liver), Neurological (Nervous System), Ocular (Eyes), Respiratory (From the Nose to the Lungs)

Urinary

Eyes, skin, respiratory system, central nervous system, liver, kidneys

LC50 Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow) 166,000-295,000 ug/l/96 hr. /Conditions of bioassay not specified/

EC50 Selenastrum capricornutum (alga) 122,000 ug/l/96 hr, Toxic Effect: cell number reduced. /Conditions of bioassay not specified/

EC50 Selenastrum capricornutum (alga) 126,000 ug/l/96 hr, Toxic Effect: Chlorophyll a synthesis inhibited. /Conditions of bioassay not specified/

EC50 Skeletonema costatum (alga) 105,000 ug/l/96 hr, Toxic Effect: cell number reduced. /Conditions of bioassay not specified/

For more Ecotoxicity Values (Complete) data for ISOPHORONE (9 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

TERRESTRIAL FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 200(SRC), determined from a log Kow of 1.70(2), indicates that isophorone is expected to have moderate mobility in soil(SRC). Volatilization of isophorone from moist soil surfaces is expected to be an important fate process(SRC) given an estimated Henry's Law constant of 6.6X10-6 atm-cu m/mole(SRC), derived from its vapor pressure, 0.438 mm Hg(3), and water solubility, 12,000 mg/l(4). Isophorone is not expected to volatilize from dry soil surfaces(SRC) based upon its vapor pressure(3). Biodegradation is not expected to be an important environmental fate process in soil based upon a 3% theoretical BOD in 2 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum and the Japanese MITI test(5).

AQUATIC FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 200(SRC), determined from a log Kow of 1.70(2), indicates that isophorone is not expected to adsorb strongly to suspended solids and sediment(SRC). Volatilization from water surfaces is expected(3) based upon an estimated Henry's Law constant of 6.6X10-6 atm-cu m/mole(SRC), derived from its vapor pressure, 0.438 mm Hg(4), and water solubility, 12,000 mg/l(5). Using this Henry's Law constant and an estimation method(3), volatilization half-lives for a model river and model lake are 7 and 52 days, respectively(SRC). According to a classification scheme(6), a BCF of 7(2), suggests the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low(SRC). Biodegradation is not expected to be an important environmental fate process in water based upon a 3% theoretical BOD in 2 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum and the Japanese MITI test(7).

ATMOSPHERIC FATE: According to a model of gas/particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds in the atmosphere(1), isophorone, which has a vapor pressure of 0.438 mm Hg at 25 °C(2), is expected to exist solely as a vapor in the ambient atmosphere. Vapor-phase isophorone 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 5 hrs(SRC), calculated from its rate constant of 8.1X10-11 cu cm/molecule-sec at 25 °C(SRC) that was derived using a structure estimation method(3).

The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, through the skin and by ingestion.

inhalation, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact

IDENTIFICATION: Isophorone is a colorless liquid with a peppermint like odor. It is soluble in water and miscible with most organic solvents. HUMAN EXPOSURE: The odor of isophorone can be detected at low concentrations. Eye, nose and throat irritation has been observed along with nausea, headache, dizziness, faintness and inebriation. Dermal and inhalation exposure may occur along with oral exposure from drinking water. ANIMAL STUDIES: Distribution studies in rats using (14)C isophorone showed that 93% of orally administered radioactivity appeared mainly in the urine and expired air within 24 hr. The tissues retaining the highest concentration after this period were the liver, kidney and preputial glands. The metabolites from oral administration of isophorone identified in rabbit urine resulted from the oxidation of the 3-methyl group, reduction of the keto group and hydrogenation of the double bond of the cyclohexene ring, and were eliminated as such or as glucuronide derivatives in the case of the alcohols. In animal studies, data indicate that isophorone is rapidly absorbed through the skin. Acute effects from dermal exposure in rats and rabbits ranged from mild erythema to scabs. Conjunctivitis and corneal damage have been reported following direct application to the eye or exposure to high concentrations of isophorone. In acute and short-term oral studies on rodents at high doses degenerative effects were seen in the liver and CNS depression and some deaths. In a 90 day oral study in beagle dogs (with limited numbers) no effects were seen at doses up to 150 mg/kg body weight per day. Isophorone does not induce gene mutations in bacteria, chromosomal aberrations in vitro, DNA repair in primary rat hepatocytes, or bone marrow micronuclei in mice. Positive effects were observed only in the absence of an exogenous metabolic system in L5178YTK +/- mouse mutagenesis assays as well as in a sister chromatid exchange assay. Isophorone induced morphological transformation in vitro in the absence of an exogenous metabolism system. It did not induce sex linked recessive lethal mutations in Drosophilia. In long term oral toxicity studies in mice and rats, male rats showed several lesions of the kidney, including nephropathy, tubular cell hyperplasia and low incidence of tubular cell adenomas and adenocarcinomas. Isophorone exposure was associated with some neoplastic lesions of the liver, and the integumentary and lymphoreticular systems of male mice, as well non-neoplastic liver and adrenal cortex lesions, but this was not observed in female mice. In /one/ long term inhalation study in rats and rabbits, irritation to eye and nasal mucosa, and lung and liver changes were observed. Very limited studies in rats and mice indicate that isophorone does not affect fertility nor does it cause developmental toxicity in experimental animals. The fact that central nervous system depression occurs in experimental animals could indicate a positive neurotoxic effect. Isophorone also elicited a positive effect in the behavioral despair swimming test. No data on terrestrial animals were available. The available data suggest that isophorone has a low toxicity to aquatic organisms.

Burning sensation. Sore throat. Cough. Dizziness. Headache. Nausea. Shortness of breath.

Redness. Pain. Blurred vision.

Abdominal pain. Further see Inhalation.

irritation eyes, nose, throat; headache, nausea, dizziness, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), malaise (vague feeling of discomfort), narcosis; dermatitis; In Animals: kidney, liver damage

The following link will take the user to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Test Agent Search Results page, which tabulates all of the "Standard Toxicology & Carcinogenesis Studies", "Developmental Studies", and "Genetic Toxicity Studies" performed with this chemical. Clicking on the "Testing Status" link will take the user to the status (i.e., in review, in progress, in preparation, on test, completed, etc.) and results of all the studies that the NTP has done on this chemical. [http://ntp-apps.niehs.nih.gov/ntp_tox/index.cfm?fuseaction=ntpsearch.searchresults&searchterm=78-59-1]

Pursuant to section 8(d) of TSCA, EPA promulgated a model Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule. The section 8(d) model rule requires manufacturers, importers, and processors of listed chemical substances and mixtures to submit to EPA copies and lists of unpublished health and safety studies. Isophorone is included on this list.

Section 8(a) of TSCA requires manufacturers of this chemical substance to report preliminary assessment information concerned with production, exposure, and use to EPA as cited in the preamble in 51 FR 41329.

Isophorone is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance when used as a solvent or cosolvent in accordance with good agricultural practice as inert (or occasionally active) ingredents in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops only.

This action promulgates standards of performance for equipment leaks of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI). The intended effect of these standards is to require all newly constructed, modified, and reconstructed SOCMI process units to use the best demonstrated system of continuous emission reduction for equipment leaks of VOC, considering costs, non air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements. Isophorone is produced, as an intermediate or a final product, by process units covered under this subpart.

Listed as a hazardous air pollutant (HAP) generally known or suspected to cause serious health problems. The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, directs EPA to set standards requiring major sources to sharply reduce routine emissions of toxic pollutants. EPA is required to establish and phase in specific performance based standards for all air emission sources that emit one or more of the listed pollutants. Isophorone is included on this list.

Persons in charge of vessels or facilities are required to notify the National Response Center (NRC) immediately, when there is a release of this designated hazardous substance, in an amount equal to or greater than its reportable quantity of 5000 lb or 2270 kg. The toll free number of the NRC is (800) 424-8802; In the Washington D.C. metropolitan area (202) 426-2675. The rule for determining when notification is required is stated in 40 CFR 302.4 (section IV. D.3.b).

(FL) FLORIDA 37 ug/L

(ME) MAINE 370 ug/l

(MN) MINNESOTA 100 ug/l

(NH) NEW HAMPSHIRE 100 ug/l

Isophorone is used mainly as a solvent for concentrated vinyl chloride/acetate-based coating systems for metal cans, other metal paints, nitrocellulose finishes, and printing inks for plastics. Isophorone is an intermediate in the synthesis of 3,5-xylenol, 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanol, and plant growth retardants.

Used as a solvent for coatings, especially vinyl resins applied by roller; also used as a chemical intermediate and a solvent for other materials; [ACGIH]

Painting (Solvents) [Category: Paint]

For Isophorone (USEPA/OPP Pesticide Code: 047401) there are 0 labels match. /SRP: Not registered for current use in the U.S., but approved pesticide uses may change periodically and so federal, state and local authorities must be consulted for currently approved uses./

SOLVENT FOR LACQUERS & PLASTICS

SOLVENT FOR MANY OILS, FATS, GUMS, RESINS, NITROCELLULOSE, & VINYL-RESIN COPOLYMERS

It usually contains 1-3% of the isomeric beta-isophorone (3,5,5-trimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-one).

COMMERCIAL ISOPHORONE USUALLY CONTAINS SOME UNCONJUGATED ISOMER (UP TO 5%) AND SMALL AMOUNTS (<1%) OF XYLITONE

Beta-isophorone 2-4%, mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene) trace, mesityl oxide (2-methyl-2 pentene-4-one) trace, phorone (2,6-dimethyl-2, 5-heptadiene-4-one) trace, isoxylitones trace, water trace.

(1984) 9.81X10+8 g

(1986) 7.44X10+5 lb

2023: 10,000,000 - <50,000,000 lb

(1972) GREATER THAN 4.54X10+5 G

(1976) GREATER THAN 2.27X10+6 G

Worldwide production capacity for isophorone currently stands at ca. 50,000 tons annually.

Isophorone

2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 3,5,5-trimethyl-; Isoacetophorone; 3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one

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IFRA 51st Amendment - Guidance for the use of IFRA Standards

Prohibition: This material should not be used as a fragrance ingredient_Restriction: This material should be used only in the limited quantity as stated in the Standard

ACETONE ... IS PASSED OVER CALCIUM OXIDE, HYDROXIDE OR CARBIDE OR THEIR MIXT AT 350 °C AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, OR IT IS HEATED @ 200-250 °C UNDER PRESSURE. ISOPHORONE IS SEPARATED FROM RESULTANT PRODUCTS BY DISTILLATION.

Produced by the condensation of acetone in the liquid phase at ca. 200 °C and 3.6 Mpa in the presence of an aqueous potassium hydroxide solution (ca. 1%). The process steps condensation, separation of unreacted acetone, and hydrolysis of byproducts can be carried out in a single reactor. Reaction in the gas phase at 350 °C over calcium-aluminum oxide has also been reported.

Review of preparation and purification: G.S. Salvapati, M. Janardanarao, J. Sci. Ind. Res. 42, 261-267 (1983).

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Printing Ink Manufacturing

2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 3,5,5-trimethyl-: ACTIVE

It is the most powerful solvent for nitrocellulose and "Vinylite" resins.