*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AM0950000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetonitrile, 2(N-methyl-N-nitroso)amino-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3684-97-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1925134
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H5-N3-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 99.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ONN1&1CN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (Cyanomethyl)methylnitrosamine
   * Glycinonitrile, N-methyl-N-nitroso-
   * 2-(N-Methyl-N-nitroso)aminoacetonitrile
   * N-Nitrosomethylaminacetonitril
   * N-Nitrosomethylaminoacetonitrile
 
                       *** 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           : 45 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   69,103,1967
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 620 mg/kg/89W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   69,103,1967
 
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