*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : RT4756000 CHEMICAL NAME : Palmitic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl ester CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 4219-49-2 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1789719 REFERENCE : 4-02-00-01168 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199612 DATA ITEMS CITED : 1 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C18-H36-O3 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 300.54 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Ethylene glycol monopalmitate * Glycol palmitate * Hexadecanoic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl ester * 2-Hydroxyethyl hexadecanoate * 2-Hydroxyethyl palmitate * Palmitoylglycol *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 3 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation). Translation of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013) No.1- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,182,1985 *** END OF RECORD ***