*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SD8925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Peroxyacetic acid, tert-butyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 107-71-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1701510
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00391 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H12-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 132.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1X1&1&OOV1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Reproductive Effector
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * t-Butyl peracetate
   * t-Butyl peroxyacetate
   * Ethaneperoxoic acid, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester
   * Lupersol 70
   * Trigonox F-C50
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Rinsed with water
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/1M
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   ZAARAM Zentralblatt fuer Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz.  (Darmstadt, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-25, 1951-75.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,25,1958
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 675 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
   Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
   GKNT, 1982  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,30,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC33 - Lethal Concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8200 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
   Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
   GKNT, 1982  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,30,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 632 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,78,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6000 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,78,1967
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/m3/4H/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - alteration of operant conditioning
   Blood - other changes
   Blood - changes in other cell count (unspecified)
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,44,1968
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1 mg/m3/4H
SEX/DURATION            : male 17 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,44,1968

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-GERMANY JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5363
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 277 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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