*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RA1140000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nitrous acid, pentyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 463-04-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1701241
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-01644 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H11-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 117.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ONO5
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * n-Amyl nitrite
   * Nitramyl
   * 1-Nitropentane
   * Pentyl alcohol, nitrite
   * Pentyl nitrite
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   HDTU** "Pharmakologische Prufung von Analgetika, Dissertation," Herrlen, G.,
   Pharmakologischen Institut der Universitat Tubingen, Fed. Rep. Ger., 1933 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1933
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   BSIBAC Bolletino della Societe Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale.  (Casa
   Editrice Idelson, Via A. de Gasperi, 55, 80133 Naples, Italy)  V.2- 1927- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,816,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8(Suppl
   7),1,1986

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,272,1935

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

 
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