*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : BS0540000 CHEMICAL NAME : Ammonium, pentamethylenebis(trimethyl-, dibromide CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 541-20-8 LAST UPDATED : 199109 DATA ITEMS CITED : 2 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C11-H28-N2.2Br MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 348.23 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1K1&1&5K1&1&1 &E 2 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * C 5 * Lytensium * Pentamethonium bromide * Pentamethonium dibromide * 1,5-Pentanediaminium, N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethyl-, dibromide * Penthonium *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 78 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : PHMGBN Pharmacology: International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. (S. Karger AG, Postfach CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.1- 1968- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,256,1980 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 62 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. (London, UK) V.1-33, 1946-68. For publisher information, see BJPCBM. Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,534,1952 *** END OF RECORD ***