*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DN3155000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzyl alcohol, o-amino-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5344-90-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1072211
REFERENCE               : 3-13-00-01615 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H9-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 123.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR B1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Aminobenzenemethanol
   * o-Aminobenzyl alcohol
   * 2-Aminobenzyl alcohol
   * o-Aminobenzylic alcohol
   * Benzenemethanol, 2-amino-
   * o-(Hydroxymethyl)aniline
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03019
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   52,203,1990

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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