*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PB1425000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanesulfonic acid, butyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1912-32-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1753437
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-00014 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H12-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 152.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 4SW1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butyl mesylate
   * Butyl methanesulfonate
   * n-Butylmethanesulfonate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   38,1595,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   JOGNAU Journal of Genetics.  (Belghoria, India)  V.1-63, 1910-77.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,146,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L/24H
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,193,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,621,1984

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***