*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UF5250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Propionic acid, 2-mercapto-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 79-42-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0506218
REFERENCE               : 4-03-00-00682 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H6-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 106.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SHY1&VQ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * alpha-Mercaptopropanoic acid
   * alpha-Mercaptopropionic acid
   * 2-Mercaptopropionic acid
   * 2-Thiolactic acid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 ppm
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KODAK* Kodak Company Reports.  (343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 21MAY1971

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1637
       No. of Facilities: 2476 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 22270 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 16742 (estimated)

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

 
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