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Compound Groups

Compound groups are groups of chemicals that share structural or chemical features. In most cases, hazard lists will assign hazards to individual substances. Compound groups are useful because in some cases, lists will instead identify a group of structurally similar compounds (such as lead compounds) as all having the same hazard. The Pharos staff is in the process of establishing and populating compound groups, and associating warnings from the hazard lists with them. The table below indicates how each compound group is populated, and what is the status of its population.
Compound Groups
COMPOUND GROUP NAME POPULATION STATUS DATE POPULATED DESCRIPTION PROFILE TYPE # MEMBERS # HAZARDS
Paraquat, salts incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 9
Parethoxycaine and its salts incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Particulate matter (≤10 microns) incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 0 1
PBDEs in Commercial Octabromodiphenyl Ether incomplete This compound group is defined by a list in the Stockholm Convention, available at http://chm.pops.int/TheConvention/ThePOPs/TheNewPOPs/tabid/2511/Default.aspx fixed list 4 43
PBDEs In Commercial Pentabromodiphenyl Ether incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. fixed list 13 44
Pemoline and its salts incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Pentabromobiphenyls (PentaBBs) complete 09/05/25 fixed list 46 51
Pentabromodiphenylethers (PentaBDEs) complete 09/05/25 fixed list 46 41
Pentachlorophenol salts and esters complete

This compound group is defined by a substructure search of PubChem the SMILES/SMARTS string "C1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)[OD1] plus C1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)[O]C(C)=O". The setting "Remove any explicit hydrogens before searching" was deselected from each substructure search. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

structure 118 14
Pentane isomers incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 5 1
Pentanol isomers (MAK list) complete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

fixed list 11 4
Pentanol isomers with the exception of those specified elsewhere in Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

0 3
Per and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) / Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in progress

This group is populated by:

  • Global Database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) at http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/portal-perfluorinated-chemicals/
  • PFAS Master List of PFAS Substances (https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/PFASMASTER), a consolidated list of PFAS substances compiled by the EPA and includes the EPA research list of PFAS compiled from internal, literature, and public sources; complete list of DMSO-solubilized PFAS in EPA's ToxCast inventory; a prioritized subset of the larger ToxCast chemical inventory; a list of chemicals procured but found to be insoluble in DMSO above 5mM; the OECD New Comprehensive Global Database; KEMI Swedish Chemicals Agency Report; compilation by community effort in 2015; structure-based Markush PFAS categories (capabilities under development); PFAS structures containing a specific defined substructures; and PFAS chemicals without explicit structures (polymers and other UVCB chemicals)
  • PFAS Structure Lists (PFASSTRUCT) and PFAS chemicals without explicit structures (PFASDEV). A consolidated list of PFAS substances compiled by EPA, a newer version of PFAS Master List of PFAS Substances.
  • Members of subgroups
other 16965 23
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether-based compounds incomplete

This group was populated from the OECD's Comprehensive Global Database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) at http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/portal-perfluorinated-chemicals/.

365 23
Perboric acid (H3BO2(O2)), and other sodium salts incomplete This compound group is defined by the SMILES string '[Na+].[O-]OB=O'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system. other 32 0
Perchlorates incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition and is incomplete.

structure 25 2
PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), LONG-CHAIN incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 193 28
PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), SHORT-CHAIN incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 4 26
Perfluoroalkane sulfonyl compounds incomplete

This group was populated from the OECD's Comprehensive Global Database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) at http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/portal-perfluorinated-chemicals/.

641 23
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) - Biomonitoring CA incomplete

This group is populated from the list at https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/chemicals/perfluorochemicals-pfcs. Biomonitoring CA references the PFAS definition from Buck et al. (2011).

fixed list 259 30
Perfluoroalkyl carbonyl compounds incomplete

This group was populated from the OECD's Comprehensive Global Database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) at http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/portal-perfluorinated-chemicals/.

515 23
Perfluoroalkyl phosphate compounds incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

23 23
Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and its salts incomplete

This compound group has not yet been formally defined.

structure 12 33
Perfluorobutanoic acid and its salts and precursors incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 0
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) in Google's MRSL complete 02/12/21

This compound group was populated from the Google Manufacturing Restricted Substances Specification (v1.0) (TTD_3549)

fixed list 9 1
PERFLUOROCARBONS, SHORT-CHAIN incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 6 24
Perfluorocarboxylic Acids (PFCAs), Long-Chain (C9-C20), their Salts, and their Precursors incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 37
Perfluoroheptanoic acid and its salts 04/24/23

ECHA defined chemical group

4 12
Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 40 28
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid and its salts (PFHxS) complete 02/27/23

ECHA chemical group parent

37 36
Perfluorooctane sulfonamides incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 5 1
Perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS) complete

This compound group is defined by the SMILES/SMARTS string "C(C(C(C(C(F)(F)S(=O)(=O)O)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F" and populated from a substructure search of PubChem. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

structure 41 43
Perfluorooctane Sulfonates (PFOS) and PFOS salts in Google's MRSL complete 02/12/21

This compound group was populated from the Google Manufacturing Restricted Substances Specification (v1.0) (TTD_3549)

fixed list 28 3
Perfluorooctane sulfonates C8F17SO2X (X = OH, Metal salt, halide, amide, and other derivatives including polymers) (PFOS), all members incomplete

This compound group was populated from the 2016 GADSL list at http://www.gadsl.org/

other 45 26
Perfluorooctane sulfonyls incomplete

Compounds that contain one of the following groups: C8F17SO2-, C8F17SO3- or C8F17SO2N-.

structure 1 29
PERFLUOROOCTANOATE (PFOA, C-8) SALTS incomplete

Salts of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

structure 2 39
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Salts, and Its Precursors incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 3 33
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related substances incomplete other 80 31
Perfluorooctanoic acid inorganic salts incomplete

This compound group is defined by the SMILES string 'C(=O)(C(C(C(C(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)O'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

other 0 2
Perfluorooctyl silanes incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 0
Persulfate salts incomplete

This compound group is defined by the SMILES string '[O-]S(=O)(=O)OOS(=O)(=O)[O-]'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system. Persulfate salts populated per SIDS Initial Assessment Report For SIAM 20 http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/oecdsids/Persulfates.pdf

other 4 2
Pesticides - OEKO-TEX complete fixed list 104 0
Pesticides under observation - OEKO-TEX complete fixed list 51 0
Petrolatum (petroleum), treated and untreated incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 34 0
Petroleum distillates incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 119 2
Petroleum Process Streams complete 03/10/23

EPA's Partially Exempt Petroleum Process Streams list

from EPA's Chemical Data Reporting: https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting/partially-exempt-petroleum-process-streams

fixed list 637 0
Petroleum products incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 7 2
Petroleum, Crude oil incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 2 1
PFAS - OECD Comprehensive Global Database of PFASs (2018) complete

OECD's Comprehensive Global Database of PFASs

4748 25
PFAS - OEKO-TEX complete fixed list 16 0
PFAS chemicals without explicit structures - Comptox complete

From Comptox Dashboard's PFASDEV list, including polymers and other UVCB chemicals. The PFASSTRUCT (EXPLICIT STRUCTURES) AND PFASDEV (UVCB CHEMICALS) supersedes the retired PFAS Master List of PFAS Substances (https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/PFASMASTER).

fixed list 1916 23
PFAS soluable in DMSO - EPAPFASIV complete 08/14/23

This compound group is populated from EPAPFASIV's list. EPA filtered several publicly available PFAS lists to exclude most high (>500) and low (<50) molecular weight compounds, aromatic compounds, metal-containing compounds, and chemicals with a low ratio of fluorine to carbon. The PFAS chemicals in this list are in the current inventory found to be soluble in DMSO.

fixed list 437 25
PFAS Structure Lists - Comptox complete

From Comptox Dashboard's PFASSTRUCT list. The PFASSTRUCT (EXPLICIT STRUCTURES) AND PFASDEV (UVCB CHEMICALS) supersedes the retired PFAS Master List of PFAS Substances (https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/PFASMASTER).

fixed list 14770 23
PFHxA, its salts, and related in progress 06/23/25 fixed list 93 2
PFNA, Perfluorononan-1-oic-acid and its salts incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 3 25
PFNA, Perfluorononan-1-oic-acid and its sodium and ammonium salts complete 02/27/23

ECHA chemical group parent

other 3 6
Phenmetrazine, its derivatives and salts incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP) complete 02/27/23

full name: Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP)

ECHA chemical group parent

7 13
Phenol, isopropylated, phosphate (3:1) - EPA PBT complete 07/12/23

EPA's background information about PBT define this compound group as a family of structures in which each of the three aryl groups have at least one isopropyl group: Tris(3-isopropylphenyl) phosphate, Tri(isopropylphenyl) phosphate, Tri(4-isopropylphenyl) phosphate

fixed list 3 1
Phenothiazine and its compounds incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Phenyl arsenic compounds in progress

This compound group is defined by the SMILES string '[As][CH]1=[CH][CH]=C([CH]=[CH]1)'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

structure 0 43
Phenylenediamine compounds incomplete

This compound group was populated from the 2016 GADSL list at http://www.gadsl.org/

other 16 0
PHENYLHYDRAZINE SALTS in progress

This compound group is defined by the SMILES string 'C1=CC=C(C=C1)NN'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

other 4 7
Phenyltin compounds in progress This compound group is defined by the SMILES string 'C1=CC=C(C=C1)[Sn]'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system. structure 234 21
Photoinitiators - Apple RSS

Chemicals that generate reactive species (free radicals, cations, anions) when exposed to a radiation (UV or visible light), initiating a chemical reaction with monomers to trigger a polymerization reaction. Photointiators are typically used in processes like UV curing for coatings, adhesives and inks.

19 1
Phthalates - Apple RSS complete

This compound group is populated from Apple's Regulated Substances Specification

fixed list 87 2
PHTHALATES (orthophthalates) complete

This compound group is defined by a substructure search of PubChem using the SMILES string 'COC(=O)c1[cH][cH][cH][cH]c1C(=O)OC'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

structure 638 17
Pigments containing or manufactured with chlorine complete 07/19/23

This compound group is populated with ChemForward's inadvertent PCB (iPCB) Pigment Resources - pigments with "Yes" for "Contains Chlorine?" or a "Yes" for "Manufactured using chlorine solvent?".

fixed list 177 0
Pipazetate and its salts incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Piperazine salts incomplete

This compound group is defined by the SMILES string 'C1CNCCN1'. For more information on SMILES, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system.

other 3534 0
Pipradrol and its salts incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. structure 1 1
Piproctanyl salts incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 3
Plasticizer/Phthalates - OEKO-TEX complete fixed list 56 0
polyacrylamides incomplete 4 1
Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) - GADSL complete 09/04/25

 

This compound group was populated from the 2016 GADSL list at http://www.gadsl.org/

fixed list 57 52
POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBs) complete 09/05/25

list of PBBs from Comptox organized by number of bromine atoms from subgroups

fixed list 234 51
Polybrominated dibenzodioxins incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 0 1
Polybrominated dibenzofurans incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 0 2
POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE) complete

list of PBDEs from Comptox organized by number of bromine atoms from subgroups

fixed list 247 41
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) - Apple RSL complete

This compound group is populated from Apple's Regulated Substances Specification

fixed list 23 1
Polybrominated terphenyls (PBT) incomplete

This compound group was populated from the 2016 GADSL list at http://www.gadsl.org/

other 7 1
POLYCHLORINATED ALKANES incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 68 13
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs) incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 240 39
POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS (PCDD) incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 8 29
POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS (PCDF) incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 10 21
POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES (PCN) incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

other 20 21
Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 1 6
Polychlorophenols and their sodium salts 04/13/20 9 3
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS - Compound Group incomplete This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition. other 102 7
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS (OSHA EXCLUSIONS) complete This compound group is defined by a list in the US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basis of OSHA Carcinogens document, available at https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-basis-osha-carcinogens. fixed list 24 7
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (TRI Category) 03/09/21

This compound group was populated using a list of chemicals that are reportable under the MA Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA). See https://www.mass.gov/guides/massdep-toxics-use-reduction-program#-listed-chemicals- for more information.

fixed list 31 9
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) complete fixed list 33 0
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) (US NIH RoC) incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

19 0
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHs) complete

This list is drawn from:

other 95 21
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) - Apple RSL complete

This compound group is populated from Apple's Regulated Substances Specification

fixed list 38 1
Polycyclic synthetic musks - Biomonitoring CA incomplete

This group is populated from the list at https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/chemicals

fixed list 0 1
polyethlyenepolyamines incomplete

This compound group has not yet been assigned a structural definition.

structure 1 0
polyethlyenepolyamines with the exception of those specified elsewhere in Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 incomplete

This compound group is populated by taking the more general compound group and subtracting the chemicals found in the relevent Annex.

other 0 8
Polyhalogenated alicycles (NAS OFR subclass) complete

This compound group is populated from a National Academies of Science report "A Class Approach to Hazard Assessment of Organohalogen Flame Retardants (2019)" available at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25412/a-class-approach-to-hazard-assessment-of-organohalogen-flame-retardants

20 16
Polyhalogenated aliphatic carboxylate (NAS OFR subclass) complete

This compound group is populated from a National Academies of Science report "A Class Approach to Hazard Assessment of Organohalogen Flame Retardants (2019)" available at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25412/a-class-approach-to-hazard-assessment-of-organohalogen-flame-retardants

6 16