*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TZ5780000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Propaneperoxic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4212-43-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H6-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 90.09
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Peroxypropanoic acid
   * Peroxypropionic acid
   * Perpropanoic acid
   * Perpropionic acid
   * Propanecarboperoxoic acid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 459 mg/m3/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   JHEMA2 Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
   (Avicenum, Malostranske namesti 28, 11802 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-
   1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,54,1976
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 mg/m3/1H/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   JHEMA2 Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
   (Avicenum, Malostranske namesti 28, 11802 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-
   1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,54,1976

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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