*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DA6150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzene, methyl(1-phenylethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 40766-30-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H16
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 196.31
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methyl(1-phenylethyl)benzene
   * Phenyltolylethane
   * Toluene, (alpha-methylbenzyl)-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AZMZA6 Azerbaidzhanskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal.  Azerbaidzhan Medical Journal.
   (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  1928-41; 1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61(9),3,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 383 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AZMZA6 Azerbaidzhanskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal.  Azerbaidzhan Medical Journal.
   (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  1928-41; 1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61(9),3,1984
 
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