*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TX5040000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 507-20-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1730872
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00288 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H9-Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 92.58
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GX1&1&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * tert-Butyl chloride
   * 2-Chloroisobutane
   * 2-Chloro-2-methylpropane
   * Trimethylchloromethane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3000 mg/kg/8W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,1411,1975

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4432
       No. of Facilities: 17 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 202 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: E coli polA without S9
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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