*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KN3530000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ether, bis(pentafluoroethyl)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 358-21-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1785482
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00469 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-F10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 254.04
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FXFFXFFOXFFXFFF
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(pentafluoroethyl) ether
   * Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoro-
   * Perfluorodiethyl ester
   * Perfluoroethyl ether
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - peritonitis
REFERENCE :
   KBAMAJ Kosmicheskaya Biologiya I Aviakosmicheskaya Meditsina.  Space Biology
   and Aerospace Medicine. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) 
   V.8-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12(1),84,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 177 gm/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   KBAMAJ Kosmicheskaya Biologiya I Aviakosmicheskaya Meditsina.  Space Biology
   and Aerospace Medicine. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) 
   V.8-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12(1),84,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 29 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - peritonitis
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - other proteins
REFERENCE :
   KBAMAJ Kosmicheskaya Biologiya I Aviakosmicheskaya Meditsina.  Space Biology
   and Aerospace Medicine. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) 
   V.8-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12(1),84,1978
 
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