*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OZ4750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methacrylic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 923-26-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1752228
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01532 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H12-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 144.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QY1&1OVY1&U1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * beta-Hydroxypropyl methacrylate
   * 2-Hydroxypropyl methacrylate
   * 2-Hydroxypropyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate
   * 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-hydroxypropyl ester
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7964 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,125,1982

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.04 ppm (0.24 mg/m3) JAN 1993

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

 
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