*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AK5100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetoacetic acid, butyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 591-60-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1761408
REFERENCE               : 4-03-00-01536 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H14-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 158.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 4OV1V1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanoic acid, 3-oxo-, butyl ester
   * Butyl acetoacetate
   * Butylester kyseliny acetoctove
   * Butyl 3-oxobutanoate
   * Butyl 3-oxobutyrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,729,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 11260 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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