*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UT4689000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Pyridinemethanol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 586-98-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0107849
REFERENCE               : 5-21-02-00150 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H7-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 109.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ B1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine
   * alpha-Picolyl alcohol
   * Pyridine-2-carbinol
   * 2-Pyridinylmethanol
   * 2-Pyridylcarbinol
   * 2-Pyridylmethanol
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHARAT Pharmazie.  (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18,
   Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,242,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   070944)  V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   070944)  V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
 
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