*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EL9275000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Butanone, oxime
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 96-29-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1698241
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03250 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H9-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 87.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QNUY2&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethyl methyl ketone oxime
   * Ethyl-methylketonoxim
   * Ethyl methyl ketoxime
   * MEK-oxime
   * Methyl ethyl ketoxime
   * Skino #2
   * Troykyd anti-skin B
   * USAF AM-3
   * USAF EK-906
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 uL
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0524693
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 930 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TSCAT* Office of Toxic Substances Report.  (U.S. Environmental Protection
   Agency, Office of Toxic Substances, 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS 513319
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC - Lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >50 gm/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0524693
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 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: OTS0530016
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2702 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NJMSAG Nagoya Journal of Medical Science.  (Nagoya Univ. School of Medicine,
   65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa- ku, Nagoya 466, Japan)  V.2-    1927-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,393,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 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: OTS0524679
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 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       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 uL/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: OTS0529835
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6825 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - pigmented or nucleated red blood cells
   Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0524679
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ppm/6H/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0529838
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm/6H/8W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0529842
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14 mL/kg/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   NJMSAG Nagoya Journal of Medical Science.  (Nagoya Univ. School of Medicine,
   65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa- ku, Nagoya 466, Japan)  V.2-    1927-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,393,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ppm/6H/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - changes in adrenal weight
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0529838
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm/6H/8W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0529842
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 ppm/6H/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   TOXID9 Toxicologist.  (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
   Akron, OH 44311) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,183,1995
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 4600 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 204,149,1988

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T1326
       No. of Facilities: 60 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 180 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82905
       No. of Facilities: 1540 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 15
       No. of Occupations: 36
       No. of Employees: 12114 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82905
       No. of Facilities: 26030 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 192
       No. of Occupations: 112
       No. of Employees: 313185 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 25609 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0293-8713
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis studies; test completed (peer review), October 1997

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***