*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VO5400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Salicylic acid, octyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6969-49-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2724636
REFERENCE               : 3-10-00-00124 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H22-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 250.37
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR BVO8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzoic acid, o-hydroxy-, octyl ester
   * n-Octyl o-hydroxybenzoate
   * Octyl salicylate
   * Octyl o-hydroxybenzoate
   * S 8
   * Salicylate de n-octyle
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,833,1978
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CHTPBA Chimica Therapeutica.  (Paris, France)  V.1-8, 1965-73.  For
   publisher information, see EJMCA5.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,453,1969

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4370
       No. of Facilities: 366 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 4792 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 3469 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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