*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AB5075000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetamide, 2-chloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 79-07-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0878191
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00490 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H4-Cl-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 93.52
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZV1G
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloracetamid
   * Chloracetamide
   * Chloroacetamide
   * alpha-Chloroacetamide
   * 2-Chloroacetamide
   * 2-Chloroethanamide
   * Mergal AF
   * Microcide
   * USAF DO-29
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,1073,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 155 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CHHTAT Zhonghua Yixue Zazhi.  Chinese Medical Journal.  (China International
   Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-    1915-   
   Suspended 1967-72.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,462,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD277-689
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03764
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 31 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CHHTAT Zhonghua Yixue Zazhi.  Chinese Medical Journal.  (China International
   Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-    1915-   
   Suspended 1967-72.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,462,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 122 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CHHTAT Zhonghua Yixue Zazhi.  Chinese Medical Journal.  (China International
   Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-    1915-   
   Suspended 1967-72.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,462,1978
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 960 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   CHHTAT Zhonghua Yixue Zazhi.  Chinese Medical Journal.  (China International
   Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-    1915-   
   Suspended 1967-72.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,462,1978
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 210,255,1989

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T1156
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 90 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Cell transform.-SA7/SHE
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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