*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SB3800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Penten-3-one
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1629-58-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1735857
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03457 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 84.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2V1U1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethyl vinyl ketone
   * Ketone, ethyl vinyl
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#00948

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis studies; laboratory assigned, October 1997

 
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