*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TX4200000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Propane, 1-butoxy-2,3-epoxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2426-08-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0103668
REFERENCE               : 5-17-03-00011 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 50
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3OTJ B1O4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ageflex BGE
   * BGE
   * Butyl glycidyl ether
   * n-Butyl glycidyl ether
   * 2,3-Epoxypropyl butyl ether
   * Ether, butyl 2,3-epoxypropyl
   * Ether, butyl glycidyl
   * Glycidyl butyl ether
   * TK 10408
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 454 mg/3D
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,774,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 91 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,774,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(8),91,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1030 ppm/8H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TSCAT* Office of Toxic Substances Report.  (U.S. Environmental Protection
   Agency, Office of Toxic Substances, 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0515483
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1530 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 260 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(8),91,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 2520 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,95,1962
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 36 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 24 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,225,1983
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,367,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,277,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 231,205,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,277,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 675 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,521,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 249,55,1991

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 133 mg/m3 (25 ppm)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,33,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 25 ppm (133 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 6 ppm (30 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:STEL 25 ppm (135 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Skin;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (80 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3);STEL 50 ppm;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO BUTYL GLYCIDYL ETHER-air:CL 5.6 ppm/15M
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 14720
       No. of Facilities: 1596 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 37
       No. of Occupations: 45
       No. of Employees: 19839 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 14720
       No. of Facilities: 2593 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 56
       No. of Occupations: 57
       No. of Employees: 60217 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 14929 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   47,26992,82

   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0293-8718;8EHQ-0892-9000
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 29, 1978
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: n-Butyl glycidyl ether, 1616
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: N-Butyl glycidyl ether, 1616

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***