*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VH3708000
CHEMICAL NAME           : alpha-Resorcylic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 99-10-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2207864
REFERENCE               : 4-10-00-01501 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 154.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVR CQ EQ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzoic acid, 3,5-dihydroxy-
   * 5-Carboxyresorcinol
   * 3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
 
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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           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PMDCAY Progress in Medical Chemistry.  (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52
   Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017)  V.1-    1961- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,59,1967

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83895
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 30 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83895
       No. of Facilities: 18 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 108 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 72 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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