*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OW0212500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury, chloro(2-hydroxyethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2090-53-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199606
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H5-Cl-Hg-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 281.11
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloro-beta-hydroxyethylmercury
   * Chloro(2-hydroxyethyl)mercury
   * Clerit 6
   * Ethanol, 2-(chloromercuri)-
   * Ethanolmercury chloride
   * Hydroxyethylmercuric chloride
 
                       *** 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           : 16 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11(7),44,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 16500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11(7),44,1977
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 48 mg/kg/6W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - liver function tests impaired
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - other proteins
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11(7),44,1977
 
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