*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : CZ1800000
CHEMICAL NAME : Benzene, dibromoethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 30812-87-4
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H8-Br2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 263.98
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : EYE1R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Alkazene 42
* Diazene 42
* Ethyl dibromobenzene
* PRL-3191
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 12283 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
Behavioral - coma
Liver - fatty liver degeneration
REFERENCE :
WADTAA Wright Air Development Center, Technical Report, U.S. Air Force.
(Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433) Volume(issue)/page/year:
55-251,23,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 5536 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
WADTAA Wright Air Development Center, Technical Report, U.S. Air Force.
(Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433) Volume(issue)/page/year:
55-251,23,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 731 mg/m3/7H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - ataxia
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), diffuse
REFERENCE :
WADTAA Wright Air Development Center, Technical Report, U.S. Air Force.
(Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433) Volume(issue)/page/year:
55-251,28,1955
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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