*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SD8240000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Peroxide, bis(hydroxymethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 17088-73-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1733451
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03046 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 94.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q1OO1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(hydroxymethyl)peroxide
   * Bis-(1-hydroxymethyl)peroxide
   * Dihydroxydimethyl peroxide
   * Dihydroxymethyl peroxide
   * Methanol, dioxybis
   * Methanol, dioxydi
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   NATUAS Nature.  (Nature Subscription Dept., POB 1018, Manasguan, NJ 08736)
   V.1-    1869-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 177,979,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft.  (Zurich,
   Switzerland)  V.1-90, 1891-1980.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft.  (Zurich,
   Switzerland)  V.1-90, 1891-1980.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft.  (Zurich,
   Switzerland)  V.1-90, 1891-1980.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: N crassa-reversion; D melanogaster
   Sex-linked lethal

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***