*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UT4690000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3-Pyridinemethanol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 100-55-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0107851
REFERENCE               : 5-21-02-00172 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H7-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 109.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ C1Q
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine
   * Nicotinic alcohol
   * Nicotinyl alcohol
   * NU-2121
   * beta-Picolyl alcohol
   * Pyridine-3-carbinol
   * 3-Pyridylcarbinol
   * 3-Pyridylmethanol
   * Ro-1-5155
   * Roniacol
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHARAT Pharmazie.  (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18,
   Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,242,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   22,483,1962

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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