*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LQ5400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, benzyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 104-57-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2041319
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-02262 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H8-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 136.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO1R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzyl alcohol, formate
   * Benzylester kyseliny mravenci
   * Benzyl formate
   * Benzyl methanoate
   * Formic acid, phenylmethyl ester
 
                       *** 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           : 1400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1019,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1019,1973
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 22 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   OIGZDE Osaka-shi Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Osaka City Medical Association.
    (Osaka-shi Igakkai, c/o Osaka-shiritsu Daigaku Igakubu, 1-4-54 Asahi-cho,
   Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545, Japan) V.24-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,267,1985

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - E0379
       No. of Facilities: 259 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 7246 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6082 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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