*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OK9400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,4-Lutidine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 108-47-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0001506
REFERENCE               : 5-20-06-00019 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H9-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 107.17
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * alpha,gamma-Dimethylpyridine
   * 2,4-Dimethylpyridine
   * Pyridine, 2,4-dimethyl-
 
                       *** 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           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: PB85-143766
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 5000 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

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6633
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 120 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 120 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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