*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : TK7800000
CHEMICAL NAME : Piperazine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 110-85-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0102555
REFERENCE : 5-23-01-00030 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199704
DATA ITEMS CITED : 19
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H10-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 86.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6M DMTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Drug
Human
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Antiren
* 1,4-Diethylenediamine
* Dispermine
* Hexahydro-1,4-diazine
* Hexahydropyrazine
* Lumbrical
* Piperazidine
* Piperazin
* Piperazine, anhydrous
* Pyrazine hexahydride
* Pyrazine, hexahydro-
*** 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 : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet. (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
Rd., Danbury, CT 06817) Volume(issue)/page/year: 7/16/1967
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 250 ug
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
AJOPAA American Journal of Ophthalmology. (Ophthalmic Pub. Co., 435 N.
Michigan Ave., Suite 1415, Chicago, IL 60611) Series 3: V.1- 1918-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1363,1946
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 250 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,862,1986
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - child
DOSE/DURATION : 75 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - sleep
Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
34ZIAG "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York,
Academic Press, Inc., 1969 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,478,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - excitement
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
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: 15,116,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 3700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs). (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan) Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,635,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1340 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs). (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan) Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,635,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : >2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs). (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan) Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,635,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
BCFAAI Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico. (Societa Editoriale Farmaceutica,
Via Ausonio 12, 20123 Milan, Italy) V.33- 1894- Volume(issue)/page/year:
103,414,1964
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 5400 mg/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - excitement
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
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: 15,116,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PBPHAW Progress in Biochemical Pharmacology. (S. Karger AG, Postfach
CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.1- 1965- Volume(issue)/page/year:
1,542,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs). (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan) Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,635,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 4 mL/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: 7/16/1965
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 5 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);STEL 0.3 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 84705
No. of Facilities: 132 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 4
No. of Occupations: 11
No. of Employees: 2512 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 84705
No. of Facilities: 435 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 10
No. of Occupations: 25
No. of Employees: 8786 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 2609 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
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