*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RA0810000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nitrous acid, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 109-95-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1699562
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-01327 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H5-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 75.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ONO2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethylester kyseliny dusite
   * Ethyl nitrite
   * Nitrosyl ethoxide
   * Nitrous ether
   * Nitrous ethyl ether
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,101,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC - Lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/m3/15M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 48(1),62,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC - Lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/m3/15M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 48(1),62,1983

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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