Ethylcyanacetat

Nitrogen Compounds -> Nitriles

Reactive agents - 1st degree

Colorless liquid

Colorless to pale straw-colored liquid

Very soluble in ethyl ether, ethanol

Soluble in ammonia water, aqueous solution of alkalies; miscible with alcohol, ether

In water, 2.0X10+4 mg/L at 25 °C

230 °F (NFPA, 2010)

230 °F

205 °C

BP: 206.00 °C at 750 mm Hg; 152.8 °C at 100 mm Hg; 133.8 °C at 40 mm Hg; 119.8 °C at 20 mm Hg; 106.0 °C at 10 mm Hg; 93.5 °C at 5 mm Hg; 67.8 °C at 1.0 mm Hg

When heated to decomposition or on contact with acid or acid fumes, it emits highly toxic fumes of /cyanides/.

Hazardous decomposition products formed under fire conditions. - Carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides (NOx)

0.03 [mmHg]

VP: 1 mm Hg at 67.8 °C

3.88X10-2 mm Hg at 25 °C

This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 74.7% (204 of 273) of all reports.

Warning

H302 (21.2%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 273 reports by companies from 11 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Chemical: Acetic acid, cyano-, ethyl ester

Acetic acid, 2-cyano-, ethyl ester is listed on the EPA's Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) system. Manufacturers and importers of Acetic acid, 2-cyano-, ethyl ester are required to report information about their production and use of this chemical to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). (40 eCFR Part 711)

Status: Active Update: 17-07-2018 https://echa.europa.eu/registration-dossier/-/registered-dossier/14515

Acetic acid, cyano-, ethyl ester: Does not have an individual approval but may be used under an appropriate group standard

The New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know Act requires public and private employers to provide information about hazardous substances at their workplaces. (N.J.S.A. 34:5A-1 et. seq.)

ETHYL CYANOACETATE is both a nitrile and an ester. Esters react with acids to liberate heat along with alcohols and acids. Strong oxidizing acids may cause a vigorous reaction that is sufficiently exothermic to ignite the reaction products. Heat is also generated by the interaction of esters with caustic solutions. Flammable hydrogen is generated by mixing esters with alkali metals and hydrides. Nitriles may polymerize in the presence of metals and some metal compounds. They are incompatible with acids; mixing nitriles with strong oxidizing acids can lead to extremely violent reactions. Nitriles are generally incompatible with other oxidizing agents such as peroxides and epoxides. The combination of bases and nitriles can produce hydrogen cyanide. Nitriles are hydrolyzed in both aqueous acid and base to give carboxylic acids (or salts of carboxylic acids). These reactions generate heat. Peroxides convert nitriles to amides. Nitriles can react vigorously with reducing agents. Acetonitrile and propionitrile are soluble in water, but nitriles higher than propionitrile have low aqueous solubility. They are also insoluble in aqueous acids.

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. Ethyl cyanoacetate is produced, as an intermediate or a final product, by process units covered under this subpart.

/GUIDE 156: SUBSTANCES - TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE (COMBUSTIBLE/WATER-SENSITIVE)/ Fire or Explosion: Combustible material: may burn but does not ignite readily. Substance will react with water (some violently) releasing flammable, toxic or corrosive gases and runoff. When heated, vapors may form explosive mixtures with air: indoors, outdoors and sewers explosion hazards. Most vapors are heavier than air. They will spread along ground and collect in low or confined areas (sewers, basements, tanks). Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back. Contact with metals may evolve flammable hydrogen gas. Containers may explode when heated or if contaminated with water.

/GUIDE 156: SUBSTANCES - TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE (COMBUSTIBLE/WATER-SENSITIVE)/ Health: TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or contact (skin, eyes) with vapors, dusts or substance may cause severe injury, burns or death. Contact with molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes. Reaction with water or moist air will release toxic, corrosive or flammable gases. Reaction with water may generate much heat which will increase the concentration of fumes in the air. Fire will produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Runoff from fire control or dilution water may be corrosive and/or toxic and cause pollution.

/GUIDE 156: SUBSTANCES - TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE (COMBUSTIBLE/WATER-SENSITIVE)/ Public Safety: CALL Emergency Response Telephone Number ... As an immediate precautionary measure, isolate spill or leak area in all directions for at least 50 meters (150 feet) for liquids and at least 25 meters (75 feet) for solids. Keep unauthorized personnel away. Stay upwind. Keep out of low areas. Ventilate enclosed areas.

/GUIDE 156: SUBSTANCES - TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE (COMBUSTIBLE/WATER-SENSITIVE)/ Protective Clothing: Wear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). Wear chemical protective clothing that is specifically recommended by the manufacturer. It may provide little or no thermal protection. Structural firefighters' protective clothing provides limited protection in fire situations ONLY; it is not effective in spill situations where direct contact with the substance is possible.

For more DOT Emergency Guidelines (Complete) data for ETHYL CYANOACETATE (8 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

1 - Materials that, under emergency conditions, can cause significant irritation.

1 - Materials that must be preheated before ignition can occur. Materials require considerable preheating, under all ambient temperature conditions, before ignition and combustion can occur.

1 - Materials that in themselves are normally stable but that can become unstable at elevated temperatures and pressures.

Carbon dioxide, dry chemical

Water or foam may cause frothing.

Suitable extinguishing media: Use water spray, alcohol-resistant foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide.

Special protective equipment for fire-fighters: Wear self contained breathing apparatus for fire fighting if necessary.

Use personal protective equipment. Avoid breathing vapors, mist or gas. Ensure adequate ventilation.

Soak up with inert absorbent material and dispose of as hazardous waste. Keep in suitable, closed containers for disposal.

SRP: The most favorable course of action is to use an alternative chemical product with less inherent propensity for occupational harm/injury/toxicity or environmental contamination. Recycle any unused portion of the material for its approved use or return it to the manufacturer or supplier. Ultimate disposal of the chemical must consider: the material's impact on air quality; potential migration in soil or water; effects on animal and plant life; and conformance with environmental and public health regulations.

SRP: The scientific literature for the use of contact lenses by industrial workers is inconsistent. The benefits 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.

Antidotes to cyanide poisoning include hydroxocobalamin and sodium nitrite, which release the cyanide from the cytochrome system, and rhodanase, which is an enzyme occurring naturally in mammals that combines serum cyanide with thiosulfate, producing comparatively harmless thiocyanate. Oxygen therapy can also be administered. (L97)

Exposure to high levels of cyanide for a short time harms the brain and heart and can even cause coma, seizures, apnea, cardiac arrest and death. Chronic inhalation of cyanide causes breathing difficulties, chest pain, vomiting, blood changes, headaches, and enlargement of the thyroid gland. Skin contact with cyanide salts can irritate and produce sores. (L96, L97)

TERRESTRIAL FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 4(SRC), determined from a structure estimation method(2), indicates that ethyl cyanoacetate is expected to have very high mobility in soil(SRC). Volatilization of ethyl cyanoacetate from moist soil surfaces is expected to be a moderate fate process(SRC) given an estimated Henry's Law constant of 2.9X10-7 atm-cu m/mole(SRC), based upon its vapor pressure, 3.88X10-2 mm Hg(3), and water solubility, 2.0X10+4 mg/L(4). Ethyl cyanoacetate is not expected to volatilize from dry soil surfaces(SRC) based upon its vapor pressure(4). A 68% of its theoretical BOD in 28 days in the Japanese MITI test(5) indicates that biodegradation may be an important environmental fate process in soil(SRC).

AQUATIC FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 4(SRC), determined from a structure estimation method(2), indicates that ethyl cyanoacetate is not expected to adsorb to suspended solids and sediment(SRC). Volatilization from water surfaces is expected(3) based upon an estimated Henry's Law constant of 2.9X10-9 atm-cu m/mole(SRC), derived from its vapor pressure, 3.9X10-2 mm Hg(4), and water solubility, 2.0X10+4 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 4 months and 2.7 years, respectively(SRC). According to a classification scheme(6), an estimated BCF of 3(SRC), from an estimated log Kow of 0.02(7) and a regression-derived equation(8), suggests the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low(SRC). A 68% of its theoretical BOD in 28 days in the Japanese MITI test(9) indicates that biodegradation may be an important environmental fate process in water(SRC).

ATMOSPHERIC FATE: According to a model of gas/particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds in the atmosphere(1), ethyl cyanoacetate, which has a vapor pressure of 3.88X10-2 mm Hg at 25 °C(2), is expected to exist solely as a vapor in the ambient atmosphere. Vapor-phase ethyl cyanoacetate 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 6 days(SRC), calculated from its rate constant of 1.7X10-12 cu cm/molecule-sec at 25 °C(SRC) that was derived using a structure estimation method(3). Ethyl cyanoacetate does not contain chromophores that absorb at wavelengths >290 nm(4), and therefore is not expected to be susceptible to direct photolysis by sunlight(SRC).

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. Ethyl cyanoacetate is produced, as an intermediate or a final product, by process units covered under this subpart.

Ethyl cyanoacetate is likely to be metabolized by unspecific esterases of different tissues, in particular in the liver to cyanoacetic acid and ethanol.

Organic nitriles are converted into cyanide ions through the action of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the liver. Cyanide is rapidly absorbed and distributed throughout the body. Cyanide is mainly metabolized into thiocyanate by either rhodanese or 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfur transferase. Cyanide metabolites are excreted in the urine. (L96)

From the physical chemical properties of both cyanoacetic acid and ethyl cyanoacetate it can be expected that both substances will be moderately absorbed by all exposure routes. A relatively even distribution between tissues and also to embryonic tissues of pregnant rats was observed after oral administration of cyanoacetic acid. A similar behavior can be expected for ethyl cyanoacetate.

Used in organic synthesis of pharmaceuticals and dyes; [Hawley]

Organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals, dyes.

The most important application of cyanoacetates is in the field of adhesives. /Cyanoacetates/

2023: 52,654 lb

Acetic acid, cyano-, ethyl ester is listed as a High Production Volume (HPV) chemical (65FR81686). Chemicals listed as HPV were produced in or imported into the U.S. in >1 million pounds in 1990 and/or 1994. The HPV list is based on the 1990 Inventory Update Rule. (IUR) (40 CFR part 710 subpart B; 51FR21438).

Production volumes for non-confidential chemicals reported under the Inventory Update Rule. [Table#4166]

Production volume for non-confidential chemicals reported under the 2006 Inventory Update Rule. Chemical: Acetic acid, 2-cyano-, ethyl ester. Aggregated National Production Volume: 1 to < 10 million lbs.

Made by the interaction of sodium cyanide and chloroacetic acid and subsequent esterification of the cyanoacetic acid formed.

... Cyanidation of sodium chloroacetate followed by acidification of the sodium cyanoacetate solution. Cyanoacetic acid is isolated by extraction with an organic solvent and evaporation of the solvent, whereas the cyanoacetates are obtained by mineral acid-catalyzed esterification with subsequent azeotropic removal of water. /Cyanoacetates/

Esterification of cyanoacetic acid with ethanol; reaction of an alkali cyanide and chloroacetic ethyl ester.

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

Acetic acid, 2-cyano-, ethyl ester: ACTIVE

Method of purification: Vacuum distillation.

Ethyl cyanoacetate is the ethyl ester of cyanoacetic acid. Ethyl cyanoacetate hydrolyzes rapidly under neutral and alkaline conditions to cyanoacetic acid and ethanol (and so it does under most physiological and environmental conditions), while in acid pH the half life is considerably longer. It also is likely that unspecific esterases in the body catalyze the hydrolysis to cyanoacetic acid and ethanol, as it has been shown for the structurally related ethyl acetate, which is rapidly hydrolyzed in vitro and in vivo by various esterases to yield ethanol and acetic acid. Ethanol is a physiological substance that is metabolized via physiological pathways. Ethanol (CAS. 64-17- 5) was evaluated within the OECD HPV Chemicals Programme. It can be assumed that for most endpoints cyanoacetic acid will be the common metabolite that determines the toxicity of both substances. Furthermore the production and use pattern of both, ester and acid, are comparable. As the acid and the ester have different physical chemical properties due to their chemical nature, effects that are related to the acidity of the acid (e.g. ecotoxicity data, local irritating effects) have to be assessed separately. The environmental and toxicokinetic distribution can however be expected to range in a similar order of magnitude due to the similar polarity, vapor pressure and log Kow. The biodegradation behavior is also expected to be comparable as the ester is probably cleaved and the metabolites further degraded.