*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZE9705000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,4-Xylidine, alpha(sup 4)-(p-aminophenyl)-alpha(sup
                          4)-(4-imino-2,5-cyclohexadien- 1-ylidene)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3248-93-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2814815
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H19-N3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 301.42
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L6Y DYJ AUYR DZ&R DZ C1& DUM
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   *   4-((4-Aminophenyl)(4-imino-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)methyl)-2-methylb
     enzenamine
   * Benzenamine,  
   4-((4-aminophenyl)(4-imino-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)methyl)-2-methyl-
   * C.I. Basic Violet 14, free base
   * C.I. Solvent Red 41
   * Fuchsin (basic)
   * Fuchsine Base
   * Fuchsine HF Base
   * Magenta Base
   * para-Rosaniline
   * Rosaniline base
   * o-Toluidine,  
   4-((p-aminophenyl)(4-imino-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)methyl)-
   * Waxoline Red A
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 mg/3D (Intermittent)
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85DKA8 "Cutaneous Toxicity, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 1976," Drill,
   V.A., and P. Lazar, eds., New York, Academic Press, Inc. 1977
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,127,1977
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 130,97,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 ug/well
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 133,161,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   TRENAF Kenkyu Nenpo--Tokyo-toritsu Eisei Kenkyusho.  Annual Report of Tokyo
   Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health.  (Tokyo-toritsu Eisei
   Kenkyusho, 24-1, 3-chome, Hyakunin-cho, Shin-juku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-
      1949/50-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,153,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   NCIMAV National Cancer Institute, Monograph.  (U.S. Government Printing
   Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  No.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,243,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 umol/L/2H
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 72,732,1976

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1202
       No. of Facilities: 96 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 155 (estimated)

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

 
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