*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DD5650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Benzimidazoleacetonitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4414-88-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0128461
REFERENCE               : 5-25-04-00286 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H7-N3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 157.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BM DNJ C1CN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetonitrile, 2-benzimidazolyl-
   * 1H-Benzimidazole-2-acetonitrile
   * Benzimidazole, 2-cyanomethyl-
   * 2-Benzimidazolylacetonitrile
   * 2-Cyanomethylbenzimidazole
   * 2-Kyanmethylbenzimidazol
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
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#04148
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 343,185,1995

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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