*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : DH7050000 CHEMICAL NAME : Benzoic acid, p-tolyl ester CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 614-34-6 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1873141 REFERENCE : 4-09-00-00306 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199709 DATA ITEMS CITED : 4 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C14-H12-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 212.26 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Benzoic acid, 4-methylphenyl ester * p-Cresol benzoate * p-Cresyl benzoate * 4-Cresyl benzoate * 4-Methylphenyl benzoate * p-Tolyl benzoate *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,833,1983 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 2644 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea Skin and Appendages - hair REFERENCE : FAVUAI Fiziologicheski Aktivnye Veshchestva. Physiologically Active Substances. (Izdatel'stvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, USSR) No.1- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,69,1986 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 : FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,833,1983 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***