*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KI7970000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethanesulfonic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1912-28-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1747452
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-00033 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H8-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 124.17
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methyl ethanesulfonate
   * Methyl ethane sulphonate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 25 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
   females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
   15QWAW "Agents Affecting Fertility, a Symposium, 1964," Austin, C.R., and
   J.S. Perry, eds., Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1965 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,62,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 50 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 1 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
REFERENCE :
   GENRA8 Genetical Research.  (Cambridge Univ. Press, 32 E. 57th St., New
   York, NY 10022) V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,333,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Protozoa - Chlamydomonas reinhardi
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,25,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Dominant lethal test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   GENRA8 Genetical Research.  (Cambridge Univ. Press, 32 E. 57th St., New
   York, NY 10022) V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,333,1963

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: Sperm morphology-rabbit
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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