*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EJ6228000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butane, 2-bromo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 78-76-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0505949
REFERENCE               : 0-01-00-00119 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H9-Br
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 137.04
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : EY2&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * sec-Butyl bromide
   * 2-Butyl bromide
   * Methylethylbromomethane
 
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                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3000 mg/kg/8W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,1411,1975

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: E coli polA without S9
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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