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RTECS NUMBER            : UT4691000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 4-Pyridinemethanol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 586-95-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H7-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 109.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ D1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine
   * gamma-Picolyl alcohol
   * 4-Picolyl alcohol
   * 4-Pyridinecarbinol
   * 4-Pyridylcarbinol
   * 4-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 - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 422 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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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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