*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XL1560000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Thiocyanic acid, methylene ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6317-18-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1743370
REFERENCE               : 3-03-00-00288 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 17
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H2-N2-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NCS1SCN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * CP 17879
   * Methylendirhodanid
   * Methylendithiokyanat
   * Methylenebis(thiocyanate)
   * Methylenedirhodanid
   * Methylene dithiocyanate
 
                       *** 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           : 55 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   DIMCAL Developments in Industrial Microbiology.  (Soc. for Industrial
   Microbiology, 1401 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,404,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03787
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 398 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0545751
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 150,257,1930
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 240 mg/kg/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - necrotic changes
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-94-3381
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 520 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise
   specified
   Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - other proteins
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-94-3381
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 mg/kg/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-94-3381
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 520 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - structural or functional change in trachea
   or bronchi
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-94-3381
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 260 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 13 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-94-3381

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   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

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81675
       No. of Facilities: 159 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 1670 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81675
       No. of Facilities: 1056 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 26
       No. of Occupations: 24
       No. of Employees: 24231 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 995 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-9235
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NTP Toxicity studies, RPT# TOX-32, October 1997

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***