*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AC2976500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetamide,
                          N,N'-hexamethylenebis(2,2-dichloro-N-ethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3613-89-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2149708
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H24-Cl4-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 394.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GYGVN2&6N2&VYGG
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * N,N'-Bis(dichloroacetyl)-N,N'-diethyl-1,6-hexanediamine
   * N,N'-Hexamethylenebis(2,2-dichloro-N-ethylacetamide)
   * WIN 17,416
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >16 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,715,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,245,1961
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE                    : 3650 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 28 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,1,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE                    : 2 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 70 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   EMPSAL Experimental and Molecular Pathology, Supplement.  (New York, NY)
   No.1-3, 1963-66. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,107,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 5250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 21 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,715,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 2418 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 13 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   EXMPA6 Experimental and Molecular Pathology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,251,1962
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sperm Morphology
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 3650 mg/kg/28W
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,1,1961

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Sperm morphology-human

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***