*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : UQ3905000
CHEMICAL NAME : Pyrazine, tetramethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1124-11-4
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 93615-56-6
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H12-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 136.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6N DNJ B1 C1 E1 F1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Tetramethylpyrazine
* 2,3,5,6-Tetramethyl pyrazine
*** 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 : 1910 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
DCTODJ Drug and Chemical Toxicology. (Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New
York, NY 10016) V.1- 1977/78- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,249,1980
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
IJCREE International Journal of Crude Drug Research. (Swets & Zeitlinger
B.V., POB 825, 2160 SZ Lisse, Netherlands) V.20- 1982-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,119,1985
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 239 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
CMJODS Chinese Medical Journal (Beijing, English Edition). (China
International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-
1975- Adopted vol. no. 92 in 1979. Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,319,1978
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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