*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AH2515000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, diphenyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 117-34-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1910978
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-02492 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H12-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 212.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVYR&R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzeneacetic acid, alpha-phenyl-
   * Diphenylacetic acid
   * alpha,alpha-Diphenylacetic acid
   * 1,1-Diphenylacetic acid
   * Diphenylethanoic acid
 
                       *** 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           : 5540 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest.  Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo
   Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7-    1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,48,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest.  Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo
   Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7-    1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,48,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,286,1958
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 116,154,1958
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 33240 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   GNAMAP Gigiena Naselennykh Mest.  Hygiene in Populated Places. (Izdatel'stvo
   Zdorov'ya, Kiev, USSR) V.7-    1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,48,1978

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***