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RTECS NUMBER            : UT9600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2(1H)-Pyridinethione
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2637-34-5
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 1120-96-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H5-N-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 111.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ BSH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Mercaptopyridine
   * 2-Pyridinethiol
   * 2-Thiopyridine
   * Thiopyridone-2
 
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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           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD691-490
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 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: 93,143,1953

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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