*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DH7050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzoic acid, p-tolyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 614-34-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1873141
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-00306 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H12-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 212.26
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzoic acid, 4-methylphenyl ester
   * p-Cresol benzoate
   * p-Cresyl benzoate
   * 4-Cresyl benzoate
   * 4-Methylphenyl benzoate
   * p-Tolyl benzoate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,833,1983
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2644 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   FAVUAI Fiziologicheski Aktivnye Veshchestva.  Physiologically Active
   Substances.  (Izdatel'stvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, USSR)  No.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,69,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,833,1983

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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