*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CZ0810000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzene, chloromethyl(1-phenylethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 95719-25-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199603
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H15-Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 230.75
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloromethyl(1-phenylethyl)benzene
   * Phenylmonochlorotolylethane
   * Toluene, chloro(alpha-methylbenzyl)-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AZMZA6 Azerbaidzhanskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal.  Azerbaidzhan Medical Journal.
   (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  1928-41; 1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61(9),3,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AZMZA6 Azerbaidzhanskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal.  Azerbaidzhan Medical Journal.
   (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  1928-41; 1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61(9),3,1984
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14100 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - liver function tests impaired
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
REFERENCE :
   AZMZA6 Azerbaidzhanskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal.  Azerbaidzhan Medical Journal.
   (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  1928-41; 1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61(9),3,1984
 
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