*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DE1115000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Benzimidazolethiol, zinc salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3030-80-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H10-N4-S2.Zn
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 363.77
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BM DNJ CS 2 &-ZN-
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Alterungsschutzmittel ZMB
   * Antioxidant ZMB
   * Benzimidazolethiol zinc salt
   * 2H-Benzimidazole-2-thione, 1,3-dihydro-, zinc salt (2:1)
   * Bis(mercaptobenzimidazolato)zinc
   * Mercaptobenzimidazole zinc salt
   * 2-Mercaptobenzimidazole zinc salt (2:1)
   * Zinc benzimidazole-2-thiolate
   * Zinc bis(1H-benzimidazole-2-thiolate)
   * Zinc bis(1H-benzimidazole-2-thiolato)-
   * Zinc mercaptobenzimidazolate
   * Zinc mercaptobenzimidazole
   * ZMB
 
                       *** 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           : 540 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR).  English translation of GISAAA.
   (Springfield, VA)  1964-71. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31(1-3),183,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 860 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR).  English translation of GISAAA.
   (Springfield, VA)  1964-71. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31(1-3),183,1966
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3240 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - liver function tests impaired
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(2),25,1966

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

 
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