*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : LT7032500
CHEMICAL NAME : 2-Furaldehyde, 5-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 620-02-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0106895
REFERENCE : 5-17-09-00404 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H6-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 110.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5OJ BVH E1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* 2-Formyl-5-methylfuran
* 5-Methyl-2-furaldehyde
* 5-Methyl-2-furancarboxaldehyde
* 5-Methyl furfural
* 5-Methyl-2-furfural
* 5-Methylfurfuraldehyde
*** 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 : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
20,751,1982
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION : 55 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
DFSCDX Developments in Food Science. (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52
Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017) V.1- 1978- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,353,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 37700 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,89,1981
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
*** END OF RECORD ***