*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UT7000000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pyridine, 2,3,4,5,6-pentachloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2176-62-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0155197
REFERENCE               : 5-20-05-00422 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-Cl5-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 251.31
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ BG CG DG EG FG
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Pentachloropyridine
   * 2,3,4,5,6-Pentachloropyridine
   * Perchloropyridine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 435 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0536503
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 235 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,361,1967

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4381
       No. of Facilities: 15 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 488 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6 (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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