*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CM8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Aziridine propionitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1072-66-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0105260
REFERENCE               : 5-20-01-00055 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 96.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3NTJ A2CN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1-Aziridinepropanenitrile
   * N-(2-Cyanoethyl)aziridine
   * 1-(2-Cyanoethyl)aziridine
   * N-(beta-Cyanoethyl)ethylenimine
   * 1-(2-Cyanoethyl)ethylenimine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NCNSA6 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council,
   Chemical-Biological Coordination Center, Review.  (Washington, DC)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,22,1953
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
DOSE/DURATION           : 79 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ADWMAX Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin,
   Klasse fuer Medizin. (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  1950-68.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,193,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,357,1951

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S pombe-reversion

 
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