*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EJ8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butane, 1,2:3,4-diepoxy-, meso-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 564-00-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0079832
REFERENCE               : 5-19-01-00184 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 86.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3OTJ B- BT3OTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (R*,S*)-2,2'-Bioxirane
   * 1,2:3,4-Dianhydroerythritol
   * meso-Diepoxybutane
   * meso-1,2,3,4-Diepoxybutane
   * (R*,S*)-Diepoxybutane
   * Erythritol anhydride
   * Erythritol, 1,2:3,4-dianhydro-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 26 gm/kg/22W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   14JTAF "Mycotoxins in Foodstuffs, Proceedings of the Symposium held at the
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964," Wogan, G.N., ed., Cambridge,
   MA, MIT Press, 1965  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,275,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 26 gm/kg/22W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-60,
   1940-78.  For publisher information, see JJIND8.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,41,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl
   2),1,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl
   2),1,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 33300 ng/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl
   2),1,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
DOSE/DURATION           : 51 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ADWMAX Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin,
   Klasse fuer Medizin. (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  1950-68.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,193,1962

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,115,1976

   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,115,1976

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 2B
   IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
   Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)  No.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,56,1987

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S pombe-reversion

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***