*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : TX4200000
CHEMICAL NAME : Propane, 1-butoxy-2,3-epoxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 2426-08-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0103668
REFERENCE : 5-17-03-00011 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 50
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C7-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 130.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3OTJ B1O4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Ageflex BGE
* BGE
* Butyl glycidyl ether
* n-Butyl glycidyl ether
* 2,3-Epoxypropyl butyl ether
* Ether, butyl 2,3-epoxypropyl
* Ether, butyl glycidyl
* Glycidyl butyl ether
* TK 10408
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 454 mg/3D
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,774,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 91 mg
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 750 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,774,1986
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(8),91,1986
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1030 ppm/8H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : >2150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TSCAT* Office of Toxic Substances Report. (U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Toxic Substances, 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460)
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0515483
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1530 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 260 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(8),91,1986
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60.
For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,250,1956
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2520 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,95,1962
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 36 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : male 24 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,225,1983
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,367,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
ARTODN Archives of Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.32- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year:
46,277,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 231,205,1990
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
ARTODN Archives of Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.32- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year:
46,277,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 675 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis. (New York, NY) V.1-9, 1979-87. For
publisher information, see EMMUEG. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,521,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 249,55,1991
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 133 mg/m3 (25 ppm)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,33,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 25 ppm (133 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 6 ppm (30 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:STEL 25 ppm (135 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY;Skin;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (80 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3);STEL 50 ppm;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 50 ppm (270 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 25 ppm (135 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO BUTYL GLYCIDYL ETHER-air:CL 5.6 ppm/15M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 14720
No. of Facilities: 1596 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 37
No. of Occupations: 45
No. of Employees: 19839 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 14720
No. of Facilities: 2593 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 56
No. of Occupations: 57
No. of Employees: 60217 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 14929 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year:
47,26992,82
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0293-8718;8EHQ-0892-9000
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 29, 1978
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: n-Butyl glycidyl ether, 1616
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: N-Butyl glycidyl ether, 1616
*** END OF RECORD ***