*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YI3500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,3-Trimethylenedinitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 544-13-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1738385
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01941 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H6-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 94.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NC3CN
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,3-Dicyanopropane
   * Glutaric acid dinitrile
   * Glutarodinitrile
   * Glutaronitrile
   * Pentanedinitrile
   * Pyrotartaric acid nitrile
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 266 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHLIDQ Pharmacochemistry Library.  (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52
   Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017)  V.1-    1977- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,73,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
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: 3,77,1897
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
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: 3,77,1897
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - pigeon
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
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: 3,77,1897
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 3,77,1897

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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