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RTECS NUMBER            : US2620000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pyridine, 2-benzyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 101-82-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0115875
REFERENCE               : 5-20-07-00556 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H11-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 169.24
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Benzylpyridine
   * 2-(Phenylmethyl)pyridine
   * Pyridine, 2-(phenylmethyl)-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Cardiac - pulse rate increase, without fall in BP
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: 227,129,1955

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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