*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OB5310000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ketone, methyl 2-pyridyl
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 30440-88-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199307
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H7-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 121.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ BV1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetylpyridine
   * 2-Acetylpyridine
   * Ethanone, 1-(2-pyridinyl)-
   * FEMA 3251
   * Methyl 2-pyridyl ketone
   * 1-Pyridinylethanone
   * 1-(2-Pyridinyl)ethanone
   * 2-Pyridyl methyl ketone
 
                       *** 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           : 2280 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,487,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   070944)  V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 6000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 163,23,1986
 
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