*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XS9092000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Toluene, alpha-chloro-o-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 612-23-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0388396
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-00854 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H6-Cl-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 171.59
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNR B1G
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzene, 1-(chloromethyl)-2-nitro-
   * 1-(Chloromethyl)-2-nitrobenzene
   * alpha-Chloro-o-nitrotoluene
   * o-Nitrobenzyl chloride
   * 2-Nitrobenzyl chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   SAIGBL Sangyo Igaku.  Japanese Journal of Industrial Health.  (Nippon Sangyo
   Eisei Igakkai, Kosu Eisei Bldg., 1-29-8, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160,
   Japan)  V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,34,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9(Suppl
   9),1,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 170,11,1986

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
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