*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MW5604750
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hydrocinnamonitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 645-59-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0636348
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-01764 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H9-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 131.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NC2R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenepropanenitrile
   * Benzenepropionitrile
   * (2-Cyanoethyl)benzene
   * Hydrocinnamique nitrile
   * Phenethyl cyanide
   * 2-Phenylethyl cyanide
   * 3-Phenylpropanenitrile
   * Phenylpropionitrile
   * beta-Phenylpropionitrile
   * 3-Phenylpropionitrile
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 116 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   55,47,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 39 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,895,1911
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,895,1911

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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