*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LY5120000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Germane, tetrapropyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 994-65-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3660530
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-04285 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H28-Ge
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 244.99
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Organometallic
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Tetrapropylgermane
   * Tetrapropylgermanium
 
                       *** 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           : >12 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   CHDDAT Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie D:
   Sciences Naturelles.  (Paris, France)  V.262-291, 1966-80.  For publisher
   information, see CRASEV.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 262,1302,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1243,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >20 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   CHDDAT Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie D:
   Sciences Naturelles.  (Paris, France)  V.262-291, 1966-80.  For publisher
   information, see CRASEV.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 262,1302,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5640 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1243,1986

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

 
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