*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EK3855020
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butane, 2,3-epoxy-, cis-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1758-33-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0079770
REFERENCE               : 5-17-01-00061 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H8-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 72.12
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * cis-2-Butene epoxide
   * cis-2-Butene oxide
   * cis-2-Butylene oxide
   * cis-2,3-Dimethyloxirane
   * cis-2,3-Epoxybutane
   * meso-2,3-Epoxybutane
   * Oxirane, 2,3-dimethyl-, cis-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 231,205,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 12500 mol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 249,55,1991

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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