*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CY1460000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzeneacetaldehyde, alpha-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 93-53-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 134.19
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHY1&R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aldehyd hydratropovy
   * Cumene aldehyde
   * 2-Fenyl-1-propanal
   * alpha-Formylethylbenzene
   * Hyacinthal
   * Hydratropa aldehyde
   * Hydratropaldehyde
   * Hydratropic aldehyde
   * alpha-Methyl phenylacetaldehyde
   * alpha-Methyl-alpha-toluic aldehyde
   * 2-Phenylpropanal
   * 2-Phenyl-1-propanal
   * alpha-Phenyl propionaldehyde
   * 2-Phenyl propionaldehyde
   * Propionaldehyde, 2-phenyl-
   * alpha-Tolualdehyde, alpha-methyl-
 
                       *** 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           : 2800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - coma
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6712
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 1557 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 276 (estimated)

                          *** 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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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