*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : DL4550000
CHEMICAL NAME : Benzothiazole, 2,2'-dithiobis-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 120-78-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0285796
REFERENCE : 4-27-00-01862 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199804
DATA ITEMS CITED : 18
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C14-H8-N2-S4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 332.48
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BN DSJ CSS- CT56 BN DSJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Altax
* Benzothiazole disulfide
* Benzothiazolyl disulfide
* 2-Benzothiazolyl disulfide
* Benzothiazyl disulfide
* Bis(benzothiazolyl) disulfide
* Bis(2-benzothiazyl) disulfide
* Di-2-benzothiazolyl disulfide
* Dibenzothiazolyl disulphide
* Dibenzothiazyl disulfide
* 2,2'-Dibenzothiazyl disulfide
* Dibenzoylthiazyl disulfide
* Dibenzthiazyl disulfide
* 2,2'-Dithiobis(benzothiazole)
* Dwusiarczek dwubenzotiazylu
* MBTS
* MBTS rubber accelerator
* 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole disulfide
* 2-Mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide
* Royal MBTS
* Thiofide
* USAF CY-5
* USAF EK-5432
* Vulkacit DM
* Vulkacit DM/mgc
*** 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 : >12 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: AD755-358
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 2600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
IPSTB3 International Polymer Science and Technology. (Rapra Technology
Ltd., Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK) Volume(issue)/page/year:
3,93,1976
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 7 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
IPSTB3 International Polymer Science and Technology. (Rapra Technology
Ltd., Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK) Volume(issue)/page/year:
3,93,1976
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: AD277-689
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 180 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#02251
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : >7940 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
Washington, DC 20460) History unknown. Volume(issue)/page/year:
8EHQ-1190-0987S
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 9100 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - other changes
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
KHZDAN Khigiena i Zdraveopazvane. Hygiene and Sanitation. (Hemus, Blvd.
Russki 6, Sofia, Bulgaria) V.9- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,414,1980
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 172 gm/kg/78W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
Blood - tumors
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: PB223-159
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 400 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 4-11 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured
before birth)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
BEXBAN Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (English Translation).
Translation of BEBMAE. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY
10013) V.41- 1956- Volume(issue)/page/year: 93,107,1982
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 400 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 4-11 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
BEXBAN Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (English Translation).
Translation of BEBMAE. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY
10013) V.41- 1956- Volume(issue)/page/year: 93,107,1982
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 800 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 2 day(s) pre-mating
female 2 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured
before birth)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
BEXBAN Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (English Translation).
Translation of BEBMAE. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY
10013) V.41- 1956- Volume(issue)/page/year: 93,107,1982
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 800 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 2 day(s) pre-mating
female 2 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
BEXBAN Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (English Translation).
Translation of BEBMAE. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY
10013) V.41- 1956- Volume(issue)/page/year: 93,107,1982
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 3333 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
11(Suppl 12),1,1988
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 15 mg/L
REFERENCE :
ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis. (New York, NY) V.1-9, 1979-87. For
publisher information, see EMMUEG. Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,193,1983
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 84830
No. of Facilities: 897 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 12
No. of Occupations: 28
No. of Employees: 11180 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 84830
No. of Facilities: 1533 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 19
No. of Occupations: 42
No. of Employees: 50590 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 11091 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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