*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : ES2625000 CHEMICAL NAME : Butyraldehyde, 2-ethyl- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 97-96-1 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1209330 REFERENCE : 4-01-00-03310 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 7 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H12-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 100.18 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHY2&2 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Aldehyde 2-ethylbutyrique * Diethyl acetaldehyde * 2-Ethylbutanal * Ethyl butyraldehyde * alpha-Ethylbutyraldehyde * 2-Ethylbutyric aledhyde *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Open irritation test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 12/14/1971 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 3980 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 : 8000 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 : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 5990 uL/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 12/14/1971 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***