*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WM7640000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Succinic acid, 2,3-dimercapto-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2418-14-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1725149
REFERENCE               : 3-03-00-01033 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O4-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 182.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SHYVQYVQSH
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dimercapto-
   * 2,3-Dimercaptobutanedioic acid
   * Dimercaptosuccinic acid
   * alpha,beta-Dimercaptosuccinic acid
   * 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic acid
   * Suximer
 
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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           : 4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YHHPAL Yaoxue Xuebao.  Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica.  Pharmaceutical Journal.
   (China International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep.
   China)  V.1-    1953-    Suspended 1966-78.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   15,335,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YHHPAL Yaoxue Xuebao.  Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica.  Pharmaceutical Journal.
   (China International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep.
   China)  V.1-    1953-    Suspended 1966-78.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   15,335,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2478 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   61,321,1988

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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