*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XU5100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : o-Toluidine, 6-chloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 87-63-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0774624
REFERENCE               : 4-12-00-01789 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H8-Cl-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 141.61
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR BG F1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Amino-3-chlorotoluene
   * Benzenamine, 6-chloro-2-methyl-
   * 3-Chloro-2-aminotoluene
   * 6-Chloro-2-methylaniline
   * 6-Chloro-o-toluidine
   * 6-Chloro-2-toluidine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AHBAAM Archiv fuer Hygiene und Bakteriologie.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.)
   V.101-154, 1929-71.  For publisher information, see ZHPMAT.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 110,12,1933
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,305,1977

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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