CAS 598-02-7: Diethyl phosphate

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Stability Moisture Sensitive Applications Phosphoric acid diethyl ester is an organophosphate that is usually found in pesticides and is known to induce changes in male hormone profile by decreasing serum testosterone and inhibin B levels. Phosphoric acid diethyl ester is also known to negatively affect the health of women and newborns living in agricultural communities. Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package References Aguilar-Garduno, C., et al.: Toxicology, 307, 55 (2013); Huen, K., et al.: Environ. Res., 117, 8 (2012)

Diethyl phosphate is a phosphorus oxide that reacts with diethyl to form diethyl phosphate. This compound is an enzyme substrate and has a reaction mechanism in which it undergoes hydrogen bonding interactions with sodium carbonate. The hydroxyl group of the diethyl phosphate reacts with the dinucleotide phosphate to form the product, ethylene glycol. Diethyl phosphate is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of various drugs including cannabinoid derivatives, for example, anti-tuberculosis drugs such as pyrazinamide and rifampicin. It also has biological properties that are similar to those of pyrimidine compounds such as 5-fluorouracil and cytosine arabinoside.

Diethyl phosphate

Diethyl hydrogen phosphate