*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DP0530000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzyl alcohol, alpha-methylnitrosoamino-, acetate
                          (ester)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 53198-46-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2457272
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H12-N2-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 208.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ONN1&YR&OV1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenemethanol, alpha-(methylnitrosoamino)-, acetate (ester)
   * N-Methyl-N-(alpha-acetoxybenzyl)nitrosamine
   * alpha-Methylnitrosoaminobenzyl alcohol acetate (ester)
   * N-Nitroso-N-methyl-N-alpha-acetoxybenzylamine
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ng/plate
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,305,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   73,517,1982

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

 
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