*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BS5800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, tetraethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 66-40-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1738225
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-00331 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H20-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.29
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2K2&2&2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethanaminium, N,N,N-triethyl-
   * Tetraethylammonium
   * Tetraetilammonio
   * Tetramon
   * Tetrylammonium
   * N,N,N-Triethylethanaminium
 
                       *** 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           : 115 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - acute arterial occlusion
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 63 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - acute arterial occlusion
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - acute arterial occlusion
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,163,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 36 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JMPCAS Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-5, 1959-62.  For publisher information, see JMCMAR.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,167,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 55 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - acute arterial occlusion
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 72 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - acute arterial occlusion
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1027,1955

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7894
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 775 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 105 (estimated)

 
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