*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NI4025000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Imidazole-5-carboxylic acid, 1-(alpha-methylbenzyl)-,
                          methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5377-20-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0659586
REFERENCE               : 5-25-04-00085 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H14-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 230.29
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5N CNJ AY1&R& EVO1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hypnodil
   * 1H-Imidazole-5-carboxylic acid, 1-(1-phenylethyl)-, methyl ester
   * Methyl 1-(alpha-methylbenzyl)imidazole-5-carboxylate
   * Metomidate
   * Methoxymol
   * Methoxymol R7315
   * Metomidate
   * R 7315
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - pigeon
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,315,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - duck
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,315,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 32 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,315,1972
 
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