*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BS7370000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, (tetrahydrofurfuryl)trimethyl-, iodide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 52303-77-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199106
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H18-N-O.I
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 271.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5OTJ B1K1&1&1 &I
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Tetrahydrofurfuryltrimethylammonium iodide
   * Tetrahydrofurmethide
   * THFT
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - coma
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 68,231,1940
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 266 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   43,73,1978
 
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