*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : SB2800000 CHEMICAL NAME : 4-Pentenoic acid CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 591-80-0 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1633696 REFERENCE : 4-02-00-01542 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199709 DATA ITEMS CITED : 5 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H8-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 100.13 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV3U1 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Allylacetic acid * delta 4-Pentenoic acid *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 470 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold REFERENCE : FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 610 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) REFERENCE : FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 315 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Endocrine - hypoglycemia REFERENCE : JPPMAB Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. (Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High St., London SEI 7JN, UK) V.1- 1949- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,85,1969 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 315 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Endocrine - hypoglycemia REFERENCE : JPPMAB Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. (Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High St., London SEI 7JN, UK) V.1- 1949- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,85,1969 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***