*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WR6800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfone, methyl phenyl
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3112-85-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1906914
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-01468 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H8-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 156.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WS1&R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzene, (methylsulfonyl)-
   * Methyl phenyl sulfone
   * (Methylsulfonyl)benzene
   * Phenyl methyl sulfone
   * (Phenylsulfonyl)methane
 
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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           : 1470 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCBPBS Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,356,1971

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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