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RTECS NUMBER            : DO4565000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzyl alcohol, p,alpha-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 536-50-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1857562
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-03242 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H12-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 136.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QY1&R D1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bilagen
   * alpha,4-Dimethylbenzenemethanol
   * p,alpha-Dimethylbenzyl alcohol
   * Ethanol, 1-(p-tolyl)-
   * 4-(alpha-Hydroxyethyl)toluene
   * 1-(p-Methylphenyl)ethanol
   * 1-(4-Methylphenyl)ethanol
   * Methyl-p-tolylcarbinol
   * Norbilan
   * 1-(p-Tolyl)ethanol
   * p-Tolylmethylcarbinol
   * Tomobil
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 222,244,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,347,1962

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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