*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QL5977000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Naphthonitrile, 5-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 23245-64-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1966804
REFERENCE               : 2-09-00-00452 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C11-H6-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 198.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66J BNW GCN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1-Naphthalenecarbonitrile, 5-nitro-
   * 5-Nitro-1-naphthonitrile
   * NNN
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   EQSFAP Environmental Quality and Safety.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5,
   1972-76.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,226,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 116,185,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,19,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 131,101,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,19,1976

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test; TRP
   reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: TRP reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***