*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ET4200000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, heptafluoro-, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 356-27-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1794634
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00813 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H5-F7-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 242.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FXFFXFFXFFVO2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanoic acid, heptafluoro-, ethyl ester
   * Ethyl heptafluorobutanoate
   * Ethyl heptafluorobutyrate
   * Ethyl perfluorobutanoate
   * Heptafluorobutyric acid ethyl ester
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
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: 2,299,1950

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4670
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 28 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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