*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DK3790000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Benzoquinone, 2-tert-butyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3602-55-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1860944
REFERENCE               : 4-07-00-02100 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H12-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 164.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L6V DVJ BX1&1&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * tert-Butylbenzoquinone
   * tert-Butyl-1,4-benzoquinone
   * 2-tert-Butyl-p-benzoquinone
   * tert-Butylquinone
   * 2-tert-Butyl quinone
   * 2-tert-Butyl-p-quinone
   * 2,5-Cyclohexadien-1,4-dione, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-
   * 2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1,4-dione
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 176,179,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 uL/plate
REFERENCE :
   JNSVA5 Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology.  (Business Center
   for Academic Soc. Japan, 2-4-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.19-
   1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,317,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 299,9,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 299,9,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1985,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 241,125,1990
 
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