*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RH1530000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Octanone, 3-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6137-08-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1746274
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03356 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199801
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H18-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 142.27
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 5Y1&V1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3-Methyl-2-octanone
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#01340

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   NTP Carcinogenesis studies; on test (two year studies), October 1997

 
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