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RTECS NUMBER            : MN7712000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hexanal, 2-hydroxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 41472-84-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1720677
REFERENCE               : 3-01-00-03228 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H12-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 116.18
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Hydroxyhexanal
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 598 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   YKGKAM Yukagaku.  Oil Chemistry.  (Nippon Yukagaku Kyokai, c/o Yushi Kogyo
   Kaikan, 3-13-11 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan)  V.5-    1956-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 26,169,1977
 
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