*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KN1400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ether, bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 63918-89-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1752929
REFERENCE               : 3-01-00-02126 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H16-Cl2-O-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 263.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : G2S2O2S2G
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(beta-chloroethylthioethyl) ether
   * Bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl) ether
   * 2-2'-Di(3-chloroethylthio)-diethyl ether
   * Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis(2-(2-chloroethyl)thio-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SCJUAD Science Journal.  (London, UK)  V.1-7, 1965-71.  For publisher
   information, see NWSCAL.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3(4),33,1967
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 pph/5M
REFERENCE :
   PREBA3 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B. (Edinburgh,
   Scotland, UK) V.61-74, 1943-74.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,284,1946/1947

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
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