*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RH0410000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Octanoic acid, (4-cyano-2,6-diiodo)phenyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3861-47-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2756640
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H17-I2-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 497.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NCR CI EI DOV7
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzonitrile, 3,5-diiodo-4-hydroxy-, octanoate
   * Benzonitrile, 3,5-diiodo-4-octanoyloxy-
   * 4-Cyano-2,6-dijodphenol caprysaeureester
   * 3,5-Diiodo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile octanoate
   * 3,5-Diiodo-4-octanoyloxybenzonitrile
   * 3,5-Dijod-4-hydroxy-benzonitril caprysaeureester
   * Ioxynil octanoate
   * M&B 11,461
   * Octanoic acid, ester with 4-hydroxy-3,5-diiodobenzonitrile
   * RIP-15830
   * Totril
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 190 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GUCHAZ Guide to the Chemicals Used in Crop Protection.  (Information Canada,
   171 Slater St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,305,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2400 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NNGADV Nippon Noyaku Gakkaishi.  Journal of the Pesticide Science Society of
   Japan.  (Nippon Noyaku Gakkai, 1-43-11, Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170,
   Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,349,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
   eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   A233,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 205 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,78,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1240 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,78,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PEMNDP Pesticide Manual.  (The British Crop Protection Council, 20 Bridport
   Rd., Thornton Heath CR4 7QG, UK)  V.1-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   9,496,1991
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
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, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***