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RTECS NUMBER            : PB1760000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanesulfonic acid, chloro-, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 16764-27-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1926296
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H7-Cl-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 158.61
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloromethane sulfonate d'ethyle
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ADWMAX Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin,
   Klasse fuer Medizin. (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  1950-68.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,193,1962

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   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S pombe-reversion

 
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