*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AI6650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, mercapto-, ethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 623-51-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0605581
REFERENCE               : 4-03-00-00616 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H8-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 120.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SH1VO2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethyl mercaptoacetate
   * Ethyl alpha-mercaptoacetate
   * Ethyl 2-mercaptoacetate
   * Ethyl mercaptoacetic acid
   * Ethyl thioglycolate
   * Mercaptoacetic acid ethyl ester
   * Thioglycolic acid ethyl ester
   * Thioglykolsaeure-aethylester
   * USAF EK-2070
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 178 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZHYGAM Zeitschrift fuer die Gesamte Hygiene und Ihre Grenzgebiete.  (VEB
   Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem.
   Rep.)  V.1-    1955-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,575,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 176 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZHYGAM Zeitschrift fuer die Gesamte Hygiene und Ihre Grenzgebiete.  (VEB
   Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem.
   Rep.)  V.1-    1955-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,575,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD277-689

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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