*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XV1660000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Toluoyl chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 874-60-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0471492
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-01733 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H7-Cl-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 154.60
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GVR D1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzoyl chloride, 4-methyl-
   * 4-Methylbenzoic acid chloride
   * p-Methylbenzoyl chloride
   * 4-Methylbenzoyl chloride
   * p-Toluic acid chloride
   * 4-Toluoyl chloride
   * p-Toluyl chloride
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#04246

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X8312
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 4354 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 729 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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