*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : ON4800000 CHEMICAL NAME : Maleimide CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 541-59-3 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0106910 REFERENCE : 5-21-10-00003 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 7 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H3-N-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 97.08 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5VMVJ COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Reproductive Effector SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Maleic imide * Maleinimide * Pyrrole-2,5-dione * 1H-Pyrrole-2,5-dione *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 80 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40(11),109,1975 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 7766 ug/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: 37,15,1976 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 9 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - hemorrhage Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - other changes REFERENCE : BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,151,1978 ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE : 750 ug/kg SEX/DURATION : female 9 day(s) after conception TOXIC EFFECTS : Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - other developmental abnormalities REFERENCE : ARTODN Archives of Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000 Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.32- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year: 37,15,1976 TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE : 3100 ug/kg SEX/DURATION : female 9 day(s) after conception TOXIC EFFECTS : Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) REFERENCE : ARTODN Archives of Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000 Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.32- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year: 37,15,1976 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***