*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RO2840000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oxalic acid, dihydrazide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 996-98-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1072110
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01868 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H6-N4-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 118.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZMVVMZ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethanedioic acid, dihydrazide
   * Oxaldihydrazide
   * Oxalhydrazide
   * Oxalic acid bishydrazide
   * Oxalic acid hydrazide
   * Oxalic dihydrazide
   * Oxalic hydrazide
   * Oxaloyl dihydrazide
   * Oxaloylhydrazide
   * Oxalyl dihydrazide
   * Oxalyl hydrazide
   * Oxalylhydrazine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JMPCAS Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-5, 1959-62.  For publisher information, see JMCMAR.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,259,1961

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6004
       No. of Facilities: 26 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 78 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 52 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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