*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RI2650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 4-Octyne-3,6-diol, 3,6-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 78-66-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1722390
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02706 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H18-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 170.28
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QX2&1&1UU1XQ2&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3,6-Dimethyl-octin-4-diol-(3,6)
   * NSC 1025
   * Surfynol 82
   * Surfynol 85
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 825 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,477,1954

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4309
       No. of Facilities: 107 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 164 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4309
       No. of Facilities: 23 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 1772 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 909 (estimated)

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

 
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