*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VS6880000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Selenide, dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 593-79-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1696848
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-01288 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 26
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H6-Se
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 109.04
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1-SE-1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dimethyl selenide
   * Dimethylselenium
   * Methane, selenobis-
   * Methyl selenide
   * Methyl selenium
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,230,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   45,207,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,230,1952

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
   Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
   Volume(issue)/page/year: Se,112,1976

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,224,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3;STEL 0.3 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
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