Chemical Properties
White Solid
Uses
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.
