*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RG5920000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,6-Octadien-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-, acetate, (E)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 105-87-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1722815
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00204 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 19
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H20-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 196.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1Y&U3YU2OV1 -T
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetic acid, geraniol ester
   * trans-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, acetate
   * 3,7-Dimethyl-2-trans, 6-octadienyl acetate
   * trans-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl acetate
   * trans-2,6-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-8-yl ethanoate
   * Geraniol acetate
   * Geranyl acetate
   * NCI-C54728
   * 2,6-Octadien-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-, acetate, trans-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 16 mg/48H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   CTOIDG Cosmetics and Toiletries.  (Allured Pub. Corp., POB 318, Wheaton, IL
   60189)  V.91-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94(8),41,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   CTOIDG Cosmetics and Toiletries.  (Allured Pub. Corp., POB 318, Wheaton, IL
   60189)  V.91-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94(8),41,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   CTOIDG Cosmetics and Toiletries.  (Allured Pub. Corp., POB 318, Wheaton, IL
   60189)  V.91-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94(8),41,1979
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6330 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - coma
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,1987
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 260 gm/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 28 gm/kg/14D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 130 gm/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,1987
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 ug/well
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 260,349,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 368,59,1996
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 320,189,1994
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 196,61,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   TIVIEQ Toxicology In Vitro.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview
   Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-   1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,103,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10(Suppl 10),1,1987

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83198
       No. of Facilities: 53 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 35
       No. of Employees: 7388 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83198
       No. of Facilities: 3954 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 19
       No. of Occupations: 25
       No. of Employees: 48026 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 33271 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   NTP CARCINOGENESIS STUDIES (GAVAGE);NO EVIDENCE:MOUSE,RAT
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,87

   NTP Carcinogenesis Studies (gavage);no evidence:mouse,rat
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-252,86

 
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