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RTECS NUMBER            : UT6160000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pyridine, 4-(methylsulfonyl)-2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13108-52-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1537517
REFERENCE               : 5-21-02-00127 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H3-Cl4-N-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 294.96
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4-(Methylsulfonyl)-2,3,5,6-tetrachloropyridine
   * Tetrachloromethylsulfonylpyridine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 770 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NICHAS Nichidai Igaku Zasshi.  Nihon University Medical Journal.  (Nihon
   Daigaku Igakkai, 30, Oyaguchi kami-machi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173, Japan)
   V.1-    1937-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,329,1981

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   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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