*** 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 *** 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 : 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 *** END OF RECORD ***