*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : UG4200000 CHEMICAL NAME : Propionitrile, 3,3'-oxydi- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1656-48-0 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1746454 REFERENCE : 4-03-00-00720 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199806 DATA ITEMS CITED : 7 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H8-N2-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 124.16 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NC2O2CN COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Ether, bis(2-cyanoethyl) * beta,beta'-Dicyanodiethyl ether * 2,2'-Oxydiethankarbonitril * beta,beta'-Oxydipropionitrile * 3,3'-Oxydipropionitrile * Propanenitrile, 3,3'-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 : 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,917,1986 TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,917,1986 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 2830 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value 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: 10,61,1954 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 4200 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Behavioral - food intake (animal) REFERENCE : NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0545769 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-9254 EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***