*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ET1575000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, 2-ethyl-, diester with triethylene
                          glycol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 95-08-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1804092
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00951 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H34-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 346.52
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2Y2&VO2O2O2OVY2&2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Ethylbutyric acid, diester with triethylene glycol
   * 2-Ethylbutyric acid, triethylene glycol diester
   * 2,2'-(Ethylenedioxy)di(ethyl 2-ethylbutyrate)
   * Flexol plasticizer 3GH
   * Plasticizer 3GH
   * Triethylene glycol, bis(2-ethylbutyrate)
   * Triethyleneglycol diethyl butyrate
   * Triethylene glycol di(2-ethyl butyrate)
   * Triglycol dicaproate
   * Triglycol di-(2-ethylbutyrate)
   * Triglycol dihexoate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4/21/1967
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NPIRI* Raw Material Data Handbook, Vol.1: Organic Solvents, 1974. (National
   Assoc. of Printing Ink Research Institute, Francis McDonald Sinclair
   Memorial Laboratory, Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA 18015)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,102,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 3130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,259,1941

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

 
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