*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UT2970450
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Pyridineethanol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 103-74-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0111205
REFERENCE               : 5-21-02-00206 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H9-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 123.17
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-(beta-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine
   * 2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine
   * 2-Pyridylethanol
   * 2-(alpha-Pyridyl)ethanol
   * 2-(2-Pyridyl)ethanol
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 9500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 57(9-10),64,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 57(9-10),64,1992

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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