*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RZ2580000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pentaerythritol, dibenzoate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 76597-90-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2000379
REFERENCE               : 3-09-00-00688 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C19-H20-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 344.39
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dwubenzoesan pentaery trytu
   * Pentaerythrite dibenzoate
   * 1,3-Propanediol, 2-((benzoyloxy)methyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-, 1-benzoate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1450 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   DIPHAH Dissertationes Pharmaceuticae.  (Warsaw, Poland)  V.1-17, 1949-65.
   For publisher information, see PJPPAA.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,1,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1320 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   DIPHAH Dissertationes Pharmaceuticae.  (Warsaw, Poland)  V.1-17, 1949-65.
   For publisher information, see PJPPAA.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,361,1962
 
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