*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YS9867985
CHEMICAL NAME           : Urea, 1,1-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 598-94-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1740666
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-00224 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H8-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 88.13
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * asym-Dimethylurea
   * N,N-Dimethylharnstoff
   * 1,1-Dimethylurea
   * Urea, N,N-dimethyl-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,1073,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6610 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - tremor
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,188,1935

                          *** 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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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