*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MO7875000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, vinyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 94-04-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1767220
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01005 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H18-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 170.28
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 4Y2&VO1U1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Ethylhexanoic acid, vinyl ester
   * 2-Ethylhexoic acid, vinyl ester
   * Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, ethenyl ester
   * Vinylester kyseliny 2-ethylkapronove
   * Vynate 2EH
   * Vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate
   * Vinyl-2-ethylhexoate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/25/1958
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4290 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/25/1958
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 279,75,1992

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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