*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VA4550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Quinhydrone
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 106-34-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H6-O2.C6-H4-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 218.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L6V DVJ &QR DQ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * p-Benzoquinhydrone
   * p-Benzoquinone, compd. with hydroquinone (1:1)
   * Chinhydron
   * 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione compd. with 1,4-benzenediol (1:1)
   * Green hydroquinone
   * Hydroquinone, compd. with p-benzoquinone
   * Quinhydrone
   * beta-Quinhydrone
 
                       *** 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           : 225 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,348,1949
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 35 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,348,1949
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RBPMAZ Revue Belge de Pathologie et de Medecine Experimentale.  (Brussels,
   Belgium)  V.18-31, 1947-65.  For publisher information, see PTEUA6.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,1,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RBPMAZ Revue Belge de Pathologie et de Medecine Experimentale.  (Brussels,
   Belgium)  V.18-31, 1947-65.  For publisher information, see PTEUA6.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,1,1952

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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