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. 2020 Jul 22;128(7):077005. doi: 10.1289/EHP6837

Table 1.

Ten fluoroethers and 10 legacy PFAS measured for in serum samples in the GenX exposure study.

Short name U.S. EPA registry name Formula CASN (hyperlinked to U.S. EPA Chemicals Dashboarda) DTXSIDb Monoisotopic mass, deprotonated # of fluorinated carbons Chain lengthc
Fluoroethers
 HFPO-DA (GenX) Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid C6HF11O3 13252-13-6 70880215 328.9677 5 7
 PMPA Perfluoro-2-methoxypropanoic acid C4HF7O3 13140-29-9 80528474 228.9741 3 5
 PEPA Perfluoro-2-ethoxypropanoic acid C5HF9O3 267239-61-2 60896486 278.9709 4 6
 PFO2HxA Perfluoro-3,5-dioxahexanoic acid C4HF7O4 39492-88-1 50892351 244.9691 3 6
 PFO3OA Perfluoro-3,5,7-trioxaoctanoic acid C5HF9O5 39492-89-2 20892348 310.9608 4 8
 PFO4DA Perfluoro-3,5,7,9-butaoxadecanoic acid C6HF11O6 39492-90-5 90723993 376.9525 5 10
 PFO5DoA Perfluoro-3,5,7,9,11-pentaoxadodecanoic acid C7HF13O7 39492-91-6 50723994 442.9442 6 12
 NVHOS 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoro-2-(1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)ethanesulfonic acid C4H2F8O4S 801209-99-4 80904754 296.9473 4 6
 Nafion by-product 1 Perfluoro-3,6-dioxa-4-methyl-7-octene-1-sulfonic acid C7HF13SO5 29311-67-9 30892354 442.9264 7 10
 Nafion by-product 2 Perfluoro-2-{[perfluoro-3-(perfluoroethoxy)-2-propanyl]oxy}ethanesulfonic acid C7H2F14SO5 749836-20-2 10892352 462.9327 7 10
Legacy PFAS
 PFBA Perfluorobutanoic acid C4HF7O2 375-22-4 4059916 212.9792 3 4
 PFPeA Perfluoropentanoic acid C5HF9O2 2706-90-3 6062599 262.9760 4 5
 PFHxA Perfluorohexanoic acid C6HF11O2 307-24-4 3031862 312.9728 5 6
 PFHpA Perfluoroheptanoic acid C7HF13O2 375-85-9 1037303 362.9696 6 7
 PFOA Perfluorooctanoic acid C8HF15O2 335-67-1 8031865 412.9664 7 8
 PFNA Perfluorononanoic acid C9HF17O2 375-95-1 8031863 462.9632 8 9
 PFBS Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid C4HF9SO3 375-73-5 5030030 298.9429 4 5
 PFHxS Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid C6HF13SO3 355-46-4 7040150 398.9366 6 7
 PFOS Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid C8HF17SO3 1763-23-1 3031864 498.9302 8 9
 6:2 FTS 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate C8H5F13SO3 27619-97-2 6067331 426.9679 6 9

Note: CASN, Chemical Abstracts Services Number; EPA, Environmental Protection Agency; GenX, hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid.

a

U.S. EPA CompTox Chemistry Dashboard (https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard).

b

DTXSID is a unique substance identifier used in the U.S. EPA CompTox Chemistry Dashboard (Williams et al. 2017).

c

Includes carbon, oxygen, and sulfur atoms in the fluoroalkyl chain but does not include oxygen atoms in the anionic group (i.e., does not include O in carboxylic acid).