*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XV0700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Tolunitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 104-85-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H7-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 117.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NCR D1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzonitrile, 4-methyl-
   * p-Cyanotoluene
   * 4-Cyanotoluene
   * p-Methylbenzonitrile
   * 4-Methylbenzonitrile
   * 4-Methylcyanobenzene
   * Nitril kyseliny p-toluylove
   * p-Toluenenitrile
   * 4-Toluenkarbonitril
   * p-Toluic nitrile
   * p-Tolunitril
   * 4-Tolunitrile
   * p-Toluonitrile
   * p-Tolylnitrile
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,904,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,904,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZAARAM Zentralblatt fuer Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz.  (Darmstadt, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-25, 1951-75.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,225,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZAARAM Zentralblatt fuer Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz.  (Darmstadt, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-25, 1951-75.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,225,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1080 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,161,1899

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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