*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TY7350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,3-Propanediol, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 126-11-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H9-N-O5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 151.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNX1Q1Q1Q
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cimcool wafers
   * 2-Hydroxymethyl-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol
   * 2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol
   * Isobutylglycerol, nitro-
   * Methane, trimethylolnitro-
   * 2-Nitro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol
   * Trihydroxymethylnitromethane
   * Trimethylolnitromethane
   * Tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane
   * Tris nitro
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IMSUAI Industrial Medicine and Surgery.  (Northbrook, IL)  V.18-42, 1949-73.
    For publisher information, see IOHSA5.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,56,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCOC** Pesticide Chemicals Official Compendium, Association of the American
   Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., 1966.  (Topeka, KS)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1198,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11(1),73,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - coma
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,315,1940

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3866
       No. of Facilities: 237 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 4196 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M3866
       No. of Facilities: 709 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 20
       No. of Employees: 20046 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 609 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***