*** 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 *** END OF RECORD ***