CAS 7320-37-8|1,2-Epoxyhexadecane

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

ML9450000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Hexadecane, 1,2-epoxy-

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

7320-37-8

BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :

0110428

LAST UPDATED :

199710

DATA ITEMS CITED :

8

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C16-H32-O

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

240.48

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

T3OTJ B14

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

53 gm/kg/44W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Unreported

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

240 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Mutation in mammalian somatic cells

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte

DOSE/DURATION :

18 mg/L

REFERENCE :

EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,85,1988