*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GY4640000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cyclopentane, methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 96-37-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1900214
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-00084 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H12
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 84.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L5TJ A1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methylcyclopentane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 gm/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - general anesthetic
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 149,116,1930
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 gm/kg/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TIHEEC Toxicology and Industrial Health.  (Princeton Scientific Pub. Co.,
   POB 2155, Princeton, NJ 08540)  V.1-    1985-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1(3),67,1985

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82953
       No. of Facilities: 2341 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 17
       No. of Occupations: 25
       No. of Employees: 38345 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82953
       No. of Facilities: 751 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 12
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 8209 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 813 (estimated)

                          *** 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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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