*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : SB1550000 CHEMICAL NAME : 2-Pentenal CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 764-39-6 LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 3 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H8-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 84.13 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VH1U4 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * gamma-Methylcrotonaldehyde * Pent-2-enal *** 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 : 244 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : ZolH## Personal Communication from H. Zollner, Institut fur Biochemie, Der Universitat, Gras, Oct. 23, 1975 Volume(issue)/page/year: 23OCT1975 ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung DOSE/DURATION : 300 umol/L REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 244,153,1990 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***