*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UB8785000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Propanol, 1,1'-oxydi-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 110-98-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1698372
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02473 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H14-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 134.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QY1&1O1YQ1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(2-hydroxypropyl) ether
   * 2,2'-Dihydroxydipropyl ether
   * 2,2'-Dihydroxyisopropyl ether
   * 1,1'-Dimethyldiethylene glycol
   * Dipropylene glycol
   * Dipropylenglykol
   * 1,1'-Oxydi-2-propanol
   * 2-Propanol, 1,1'-oxybis-
 
                       *** 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           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,729,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   AJOPAA American Journal of Ophthalmology.  (Ophthalmic Pub. Co., 435 N.
   Michigan Ave., Suite 1415, Chicago, IL 60611)  Series 3: V.1-    1918-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1363,1946
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14850 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   34ZIAG "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York,
   Academic Press, Inc., 1969  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,731,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,729,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - tremor
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,448,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4494 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,342,1947
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 11500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,729,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >20 mL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12/17/1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 17600 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GWXXBX German Offenlegungsschrift Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent and
   Trademark Office, Foreign Patents, Washington, DC 20231)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: #2703360

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   JACTDZ Journal of the American College of Toxicology.  (Mary Ann Liebert,
   Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128)  V.1-12, 1982-1993. Discontinued.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 4(5),223,1985

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9011
       No. of Facilities: 184 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 12
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 3536 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1385 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***