*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UN1840000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pseudourea, 2,2'-tetramethylenedithiodi-,
                          dihydrobromide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6345-25-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198812
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H14-N4-S2.2Br-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 368.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : MUYZS4SYZUM &EH 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butylene-1,4-bisisothiourea dihydrobromide
   * Carbamimidothioic acid, 1,4-butanediyl ester, dihydrobromide
   * 1,4-Diisothiuronium-n-butane dibromide
   * Pseudourea, 2,2'-tetramethylenebis(2-thio-, dihydrobromide
   * 2,2'-Tetramethylene-bis(2-thiopseudourea), dihydrobromide
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 175 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 127,128,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,929,1953
 
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