*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DF8029900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzofurazan, 4-nitro-, 1-oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 18771-85-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0614209
REFERENCE               : 0-07-00-00608 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H3-N3-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 181.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BNONJ BO FNW
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * B2789
   * Nitrobenzofuroxan
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,145,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,3735,1975

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
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