*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TM7054000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Piperidine, 3,4-dibromo-1-nitroso-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 57541-73-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-Br2-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 271.97
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NTJ ANO CE DE
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3,4-Dibromonitrosopiperidine
   * N-Nitroso-3,4-dibromopiperidine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1090 mg/kg/27W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,3209,1975
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,131,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   TCMUE9 Topics in Chemical Mutagenesis.  (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring
   Street, New York, NY 10013) V.1-    1984-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,91,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L/24H
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,27,1979

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***