On April 8, 2022, the Australian Government issued a notice1 to publicly solicit comments on removing a chemical (CAS No. 1428963-39-6) from the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC). The consultation will end on June 3, 2022.
According to the Draft Evaluation Statement - EVA000892, this chemical was wrongly listed on AIIC because of the misidentification of the chemical structure, of which the word “hydrolyzed” in the name is just a side reaction and should not be included in the polymer name. Instead, the chemical with CAS No. 1431957-88-8 is the one that should have been listed on AIIC.
Below are the details of the two chemicals to facilitate your understanding.
Table 1 - Chemical proposed to be removed from AIIC
CAS No. | Chemical name |
1428963-39-6 | 2,5-Furandione, telomer with ethenylbenzene and (1- methylethyl)benzene, hydrolyzed, 3- (dimethylamino)propyl imide, imide with polyethylene-polypropylene glycol 2- aminopropyl Me ether, 2-[(C10-16- alkyloxy)methyl]oxirane-quaternized, benzoates (salts) |
Table 2 - Chemical proposed to be added to AIIC
CAS No. | Chemical name |
1431957-88-8 | 2,5-Furandione, telomer with ethenylbenzene and (1- methylethyl)benzene, 3- (dimethylamino)propyl imide, imide with polyethylene-polypropylene glycol 2- aminopropyl Me ether, 2-[(C10-16- alkyloxy)methyl]oxirane-quaternized, benzoates (salts) |
