*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DD1751080
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzidine, 3,3',5,5'-tetrafluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 42794-87-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2864699
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H8-F4-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 256.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR BF FF DR DZ CF EF
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (1,1'-Biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine, 3,3',5,5'-tetrafluoro-
   * 3,3',5,5'-Tetrafluorobenzidine
   * 3,3',5,5'-Tetrafluoro-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUTAEX Mutagenesis. (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House, Southfield Road,
   Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1986-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,97,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,39,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   38,2621,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: In vitro UDS-human fibroblast

 
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