Vinyl Carbamate

Chemical properties

White Solid

The Uses of Vinyl Carbamate

A potent promutagen. Also mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535 and TA 100 in the presence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-fortified rat or mouse liver mitochondrial supernatant fractions

The Uses of Vinyl Carbamate

A potent promutagen. Also mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535 and TA 100 in the presence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-fortified rat or mouse liver mitochondrial supernatant fractions.

Definition

ChEBI: Vinyl carbamate is a carbamate ester.

General Description

White crystalline solid.

Air & Water Reactions

Moderately water soluble.

Reactivity Profile

Vinyl Carbamate is a carbamate ester. Carbamates are chemically similar to, but more reactive than amides. Like amides they form polymers such as polyurethane resins. Carbamates are incompatible with strong acids and bases, and especially incompatible with strong reducing agents such as hydrides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is produced by the combination of active metals or nitrides with carbamates. Strongly oxidizing acids, peroxides, and hydroperoxides are incompatible with carbamates. Vinyl Carbamate is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids and strong bases. .

Health Hazard

ACUTE/CHRONIC HAZARDS: When heated to decomposition Vinyl Carbamate emits toxic fumes of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxides of nitrogen.

Fire Hazard

Flash point data for Vinyl Carbamate are not available; however, Vinyl Carbamate is probably combustible.

Safety Profile

Poison by intraperitoneal route. Questionable carcinogen with experimental neoplastigenic data. Human mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx. See also ESTERS and CARBAMATES.