*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RA8230000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 5-Nonanone
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 502-56-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1743583
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03355 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H18-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 142.27
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 4V4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butyl ketone
   * Dibutyl ketone
   * Nonan-5-one
   * 5-Oxononane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CTOXAO Clinical Toxicology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-18, 1968-81.  For publisher
   information, see JTCTDW.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,271,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 138 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   37,56,1975
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 76650 mg/kg/14W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Spinal Cord - other degenerative changes
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,283,1981

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 20 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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