*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DB9100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,2,4,5-Benzenetetracarbonitrile
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 712-74-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H2-N4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NCR BCN DCN ECN
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,2,4,5-Benzentetrakarbonitril
   * 1,2,4,5-Benzenetetranitrile
   * Pyromellitic acid tetranitrile
   * Pyromellitic nitrile
   * Pyromellitic tetranitrile
   * Pyromellitonitrile
   * Pyromellitotetranitrile
   * Tetracyanobenzene
   * sym-Tetracyanobenzene
   * 1,2,4,5-Tetracyanobenzene
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 28 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,180,1965
 
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