*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : EM4550000
CHEMICAL NAME : 2-Butene, 1,4-dibromo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 6974-12-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1719694
REFERENCE : 2-01-00-00177 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H6-Br2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 213.92
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : E2U2E
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* 1,4-Dibromo-2-butene
* TL 80
*** 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 : 75 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
(Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1260 mg/m3/10M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NDRC** National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research
and Development, Progress Report. Volume(issue)/page/year:
NDCrc-132,AUG1942
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 3750 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
CBCCT* "Summary Tables of Biological Tests," National Research Council
Chemical-Biological Coordination Center. (National Academy of Science
Library, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20418)
Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,338,1953
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