*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XT6825000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Toluenesulfonic acid, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 80-40-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0611213
REFERENCE               : 4-11-00-00248 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 17
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H12-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 200.27
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2OSWR D1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenesulfonic acid, 4-methyl-, ethyl ester
   * Ethylester kyseliny p-toluensulfonove
   * Ethyl p-methyl benzenesulfonate
   * Ethyl PTS
   * Ethyl-p-toluenesulfonate
   * Ethyl p-tosylate
   * p-Toluolsulfonsaeure aethyl ester
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   74,241,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,911,1979
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,576,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3250 mg/kg/65W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   74,241,1970
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,893,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 4700 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   PNASA6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
   of America.  (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101
   Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 72,5135,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,873,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 198,73,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 198,73,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 pph
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,901,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,323,1980

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: SHE-clonal assay; E coli polA without S9
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: In vitro UDS-human fibroblast; S
   cerevisiae-homozygosis
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Host-mediated assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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