*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : JR3155000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Dodecanethiol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 112-55-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0969337
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-01851 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H26-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 202.44
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SH12
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dodecyl mercaptan
   * M-Dodecyl mercaptan
   * 1-Dodecyl mercaptan
   * Lauryl mercaptan
   * M-Lauryl mercaptan
   * 1-Mercaptododecane
   * NCI-C60935
   * Pennfloat M
   * Pennfloat S
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5020 ug/m3/16W
REFERENCE :
   BZARAZ Biologicheskii Zhurnal Armenii.  Biological Journal of Armenia. (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.19-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 27(6),102,1974

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO 1-DODECANETHIOL-air:CL 0.5 ppm/15M
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83562
       No. of Facilities: 137 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 2131 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83562
       No. of Facilities: 3452 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 47
       No. of Occupations: 60
       No. of Employees: 92230 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 17777 (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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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