*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : OX6590000 CHEMICAL NAME : Mesitol CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 527-60-6 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1859675 REFERENCE : 4-06-00-03253 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 7 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C9-H12-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 136.21 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * 2-Hydroxymesitylene * Mesityl alcohol * Phenol, 2,4,6-trimethyl- * 1,3,5-Trimethylphenol * 2,4,6-Trimethylphenol * 2,4,6-Trimetylofenol *** 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 : 10 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : BCTKAG Bromatologia i Chemia Toksykologiczna. (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.4- 1971- Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,301,1981 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : >1 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : JMPCAS Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. (Washington, DC) V.1-5, 1959-62. For publisher information, see JMCMAR. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,201,1960 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - T0455 No. of Facilities: 19 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 75 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - T0455 No. of Facilities: 19 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 93 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 56 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***