*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YW5425000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Vanillic acid, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 617-05-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2100025
REFERENCE               : 3-10-00-01413 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H12-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 196.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2OVR DQ CO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * m-Anisic acid, 4-hydroxy-, ethyl ester
   * Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-, ethyl ester
   * Ethyl 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoate
   * Ethyl vanillate
   * 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, ethyl ester
   * Vanillic acid, ethyl ester
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBTXAC "Handbook of Toxicology," 4 vols., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
   1956-59  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,138,1955
 
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#06395
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBTXAC "Handbook of Toxicology," 4 vols., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
   1956-59  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,138,1955

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

 
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