*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PA3400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methane, bis(2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxy)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 143-29-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2450899
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C17-H36-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 336.53
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 4O2O2O1O2O2O4
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(butylcarbitol)formal
   * Butylcarbitol formal
   * Cryoflex
   * Dibutylcarbitolformal
   * 5,8,11,13,16,19-Hexaoxatricosane
   * TP 90B
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1746 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NPIRI* Raw Material Data Handbook, Vol.1: Organic Solvents, 1974. (National
   Assoc. of Printing Ink Research Institute, Francis McDonald Sinclair
   Memorial Laboratory, Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA 18015)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,238,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 46(5),87,1981

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83629
       No. of Facilities: 56 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 24
       No. of Employees: 2830 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83629
       No. of Facilities: 403 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 4606 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 759 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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