*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : SA8050000 CHEMICAL NAME : 3-Pentanone CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 96-22-0 LAST UPDATED : 199806 DATA ITEMS CITED : 26 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H10-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 86.15 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2V2 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug Mutagen Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * DEK * Diethylcetone * Diethyl ketone * Dimethylacetone * Metacetone * Methacetone * Pentanone-3 * Propione *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Open irritation test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 410 mg REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/25/1958 TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H REACTION SEVERITY : Mild REFERENCE : 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,282,1986 TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/25/1958 TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/24H REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate REFERENCE : 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,282,1986 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 2140 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/25/1958 TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 8000 ppm/4H TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine. (Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 1250 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,1,1945 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 3100 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - general anesthetic Behavioral - ataxia REFERENCE : MTPEEI Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaya Ekologiya. Industrial Medicine and Ecology. (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, ul.B. Yakimanka, 39 117049 Moscow, Russia) No.1- 1993- Volume(issue)/page/year: (4),41,1997 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 513 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : JPMSAE Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (American Pharmaceutical Assoc., 2215 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037) V.50- 1961- Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,566,1978 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 20 mL/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine. (Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954 ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae DOSE/DURATION : 14800 ppm REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 149,339,1985 TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae DOSE/DURATION : 14800 ppm REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 149,339,1985 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 705 mg/m3 (200 ppm) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 200 ppm (705 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 200 ppm (705 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 200 ppm (700 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 200 ppm (705 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 200 ppm (705 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 200 ppm (705 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 200 ppm (700 mg/m3);STEL 250 ppm JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO DIETHYL KETONE-air:10H TWA 200 ppm REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***