*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KL9370000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethanol, 2-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 625-48-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1633753
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-01388 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H5-N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 91.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WN2Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * beta-Nitroalcohol
   * 2-Nitroethanol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11(1),73,1977
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19(Suppl 21),2,1992
 
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