*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AT1925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acrylic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 999-61-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1754331
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01469 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 16
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H10-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QY1&1OV1U1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * beta-Hydroxypropyl acrylate
   * 2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate
   * 1,2-Propanediol, 1-acrylate
   * 2-Propenoic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl ester
   * Propylene glycol monoacrylate
 
                       *** 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           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85INA8 "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure
   Indices," 5th ed., Cincinnati, OH, American Conference of Governmental
   Industrial Hygienists, Inc., 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,320,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1056 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,125,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,470,1969

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.8 mg/m3 (0.5 ppm) (skin)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 ppm (2.8 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 ppm (2.7 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO 2-HYDROXYPROPYL ACRYLATE-air:10H TWA 0.5 ppm (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***