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Diepoxybutane
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 2,2′-Bioxirane
Other names 1,1′-Bi; 1,2:3,4-Diepoxybutane; 1,3-Butadiene diepoxide; Bioxirane; Butadiene dioxide; Butane diepoxide; Dioxybutadiene
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations DEB
Beilstein Reference 79831
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.014.527 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 206-060-6 215-979-1
PubChem CID
UNII
UN number 3384 3082
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-3(5-1)4-2-6-4/h3-4H,1-2H2Key: ZFIVKAOQEXOYFY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C4H6O2/c1-3(5-1)4-2-6-4/h3-4H,1-2H2Key: ZFIVKAOQEXOYFY-UHFFFAOYAG
SMILES
  • C1OC1C2CO2
Properties
Chemical formula C4H6O2
Molar mass 86.090 g·mol
Density 1.113 g/cm (18 °C)
Melting point 4 °C (39 °F; 277 K)
Boiling point 138 °C (280 °F; 411 K)
Solubility in water Miscible
Vapor pressure 0.52 kPa (at 20 °C)
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms GHS02: FlammableGHS05: CorrosiveGHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazard
Signal word Danger
Hazard statements H226, H301, H310, H311, H314, H330, H340, H350
Precautionary statements P201, P202, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P280, P281, P284, P301+P310, P301+P330+P331, P302+P350, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313, P310, P312, P320, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P370+P378, P403+P233, P403+P235, P405, P501
Flash point 46 °C (115 °F; 319 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references
Chemical compound

Diepoxybutane (also known as butane diepoxide, butadiene diepoxide, or 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane) is an epoxide which is a colorless liquid at room temperature. Epoxides are very reactive due to ring strain and diepoxybutane contains two of these groups, so it is highly reactive, more than other ethers. It is hydrophilic, very flammable and easily ignited by heat or sparks.

Diepoxybutane is used as a chemical intermediate, as a cross-linking agent for polymers and textiles, and as a preservative.

Structure, reactivity, synthesis

Diepoxybutane occurs as several enantiomers and a meso form.

Diepoxybutane polymerizes in the presence of catalysts or when heated. These polymerization reactions can be violent.

Other Uses

In research diepoxybutane is used as a chemical intermediate, and in medicine for the diepoxybutane (DEB test) to screen for Fanconi anemia (FA) among patients with bone marrow failure syndromes.

Although many chemicals are capable of DNA crosslinking, the DEB test is used because it gives fewer false negatives and positives than other chemicals.

Toxicity

Effect on humans

Diepoxybutane irritates the nose, throat and lungs, causing coughing and shortness of breath. Skin exposure can cause chemical burns. Longer exposure periods can cause pulmonary edema, and damage to the liver and kidneys.

Carcinogenicity

  • IARC Carcinogen - Class 1: International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies chemicals as established human carcinogens.
  • NTP Carcinogen - Reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

Effect on animals

It is experimentally shown that diepoxybutane can cause tumors in rodent species at several different tissue sites and by several different exposure routes. Dermal contact with diepoxybutane caused skin tumors in mice. Injection of diepoxybutane into mice and rats caused lung tumors. Furthermore, inhalation exposure to diepoxybutane caused benign Harderian-gland tumors in mice and also increased the size of benign or malignant tumors of the nasal cavity.

References

  1. ^ Record in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  2. ^ Diepoxybutane Report on Carcinogens, Twelfth Edition (2011)
  3. "Diepoxybutane". CAMEO Chemicals. NOAA. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. "Diepoxybutane Test". www.datadictionary.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  5. Auerbach, AD; Tserelov, AM (1 April 2015). "Diagnosis of Fanconi anemia by diepoxybutane analysis". Current protocols in human genetics. 85: 8.7.1-8.7.17. doi:10.1002/0471142905.hg0807s85. PMC 4408609. PMID 25827349. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  6. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (2000). Hazardous Substances Fact Sheet. 984-2202 (609). Retrieved 2023-03-20. https://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0685.pdf.
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