*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EN0175000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3-Buten-2-one, 3-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 814-78-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1071241
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03462 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 84.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1VY1&U1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Isopropenyl methyl ketone
   * Ketone, methyl isopropenyl
   * 3-Methyl-3-buten-2-on
   * 2-Methyl-1-buten-3-one
   * 3-Methyl-3-buten-2-one
   * Methyl isopropenyl ketone
 
                       *** 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           : 180 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: 4,119,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 ppm/4H
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: 4,119,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 490 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZolH## Personal Communication from H. Zollner, Institut fur Biochemie, Der
   Universitat, Gras, Oct. 23, 1975  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23OCT1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 230 uL/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: 4,119,1951

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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