*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : YV7700000 CHEMICAL NAME : Valeric acid, 2-methyl- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 97-61-0 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1720655 REFERENCE : 4-02-00-00942 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199806 DATA ITEMS CITED : 5 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H12-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 116.18 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVY3&1 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Kyselina 2-methylvalerova * 2-Methylpentanoic acid * Methylpropylacetic acid * alpha-Methylvaleric acid * 2-Methylvaleric acid * 2-Pentanecarboxylic acid *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Open irritation test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 2/4/1959 TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate REFERENCE : FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,763,1982 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 2040 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine. (Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 2500 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,763,1982 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***