*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZE8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,3-Xylidine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 87-59-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0742174
REFERENCE               : 4-12-00-02497 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H11-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 121.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR B1 C1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenamine, 2,3-dimethyl-
   * 2,3-Dimethylaniline
   * 2,3-Dimethylbenzenamine
   * 2,3-Dimethylphenylamine
   * o-Xylidine
   * 2,3-Xylylamine
 
                       *** 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           : 933 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: PB214-270
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 836 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - coma
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   PWPSA8 Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society.  (Univ. of
   California Dept. of Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA 90024)  V.1-    1958-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,11,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,317,1980

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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