*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : KW5540000
CHEMICAL NAME : Ethylene glycol, dimethanesulfonate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 4672-49-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1787642
REFERENCE : 4-04-00-00019 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H10-O6-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 218.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WS1&O2OSW1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* 1,2-Bis(mesyloxy)ethane
* Ethane dimethane sulphonate
* Ethane 1,2-dimethanesulfonate
* 1,2-Ethanediol, bismethanesulfonate
* 1,2-Ethanediol, dimethanesulfonate
* 1,2-Ethanediyl dimethanesulfonate
* 1,2-Ethanediyl methanesulfonate
* Ethylene bis(methanesulfonate)
* Ethylene dimethanesulfonate
* Ethylene dimethanesulphonate
* Ethylene-1,2-dimethanesulphonate
* Ethylene glycol dimesylate
* Methanesulfonic acid, ethylene ester
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. (London, UK)
V.1-33, 1946-68. For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,24,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
(Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1903/04-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,211,1954
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 10 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
85GUAJ "Antifertility Compounds in the Male and Female," Jackson, H.,
Springfield, IL, Charles C. Thomas, 1966 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,55,1966
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 153 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 14 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
REFERENCE :
JMCMAR Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. (American Chemical Soc.,
Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC
20037) V.6- 1963- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,901,1981
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 275 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 14 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
JMCMAR Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. (American Chemical Soc.,
Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC
20037) V.6- 1963- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,901,1981
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 50 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
15QWAW "Agents Affecting Fertility, a Symposium, 1964," Austin, C.R., and
J.S. Perry, eds., Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1965 Volume(issue)/page/year:
-,62,1965
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 75 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland,
accessory glands
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
JRPFA4 Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot,
POB 32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK) V.1- 1960-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,393,1984
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 100 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
REFERENCE :
ENDOAO Endocrinology (Baltimore). (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston
St., Baltimore, MD 21203) V.1- 1917- Volume(issue)/page/year:
118,709,1986
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 75 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
sperm morphology, motility, and count)
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland,
accessory glands
REFERENCE :
IJANDP International Journal of Andrology. (Scriptor Publisher ApS, 15
Gasvaerksvej, DK-1656 Copenhagen V, Denmark) V.1- 1978-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,625,1987
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 600 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 12 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
REFERENCE :
JRPFA4 Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot,
POB 32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK) V.1- 1960-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 82,381,1988
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 5 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - other effects on male
Endocrine - androgenic
REFERENCE :
REPTED Reproductive Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
5,497,1991
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 75 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
BCSTB5 Biochemical Society Transactions. (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot, POB
32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK) V.1- 1973-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,523,1973
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