*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ON5670000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Maleimide, N,N'-(methylenedi-p-phenylene)di-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13676-54-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0333986
REFERENCE               : 4-21-00-04641 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C21-H14-N2-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 358.37
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4,4'-Biphenylmethanebismaleimide
   * Bismaleimide S
   * 4,4-Bis(maleimido)diphenylmethane
   * Bis(p-maleimidophenyl)methane
   * Bis(4-maleimidophenyl)methane
   * 4,4'-Bis(maleimidophenyl)methane
   * p,p'-Dimaleimidophenylmethane
   * 4,4'-Dimaleimidophenylmethane
   * Diphenylmethanebismaleimide
   * 4,4'-Diphenylmethanebismaleimide
   * 4,4'-Diphenylmethanedimaleimide
   * MB-3000
   * 4,4'-Methylenebis(phenylmaleimide)
   * 1,1'-(Methylenedi-4,1-phenylene)bis-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione
   * 1H-Pyrrole-2,5-dione, 1,1'-(methylenedi-4,1-phenylene)bis-
   * XU 292A
 
                       *** 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           : >5 gm/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            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
   and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
   Washington, DC 20460)  History unknown.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8EHQ-0790-1023S
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/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
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
   and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
   Washington, DC 20460)  History unknown.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8EHQ-0491-1069

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1310
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 7 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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