*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ET5955900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, 2-oxo-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2013-26-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H5-O3.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 124.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OVV2 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanoic acid, 2-oxo-, sodium salt
   * Sodium-alpha-ketobutrate
   * Sodium 2-oxobutanoate
   * Sodium 2-oxobutyrate
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2960 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,221,1979

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9819
       No. of Facilities: 147 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 2044 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1461 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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