*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DC7452000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzhydrol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 91-01-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1424379
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-04648 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H12-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 184.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QYR&R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzhydryl alcohol
   * Benzohydrol
   * Diphenyl carbinol
   * Diphenylmethanol
   * Diphenylmethyl alcohol
   * Hydroxydiphenylmethane
 
                       *** 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           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,713,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,713,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,405,1925

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83171
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 249 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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