*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UF1576000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Propionic acid, 2,3-dimercapto-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6220-25-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1748873
REFERENCE               : 4-03-00-01054 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H6-O2-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 138.21
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2,3-Dimercaptopropanoic acid
   * 2,3-Dimercaptopropionic acid
   * 2,3-Dimercaptopropionsaeure
   * Propanoic acid, 2,3-dimercapto-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 47 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 223,408,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 223,408,1954
 
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