*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KX5250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethylenimine, N-chloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10165-13-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0102401
REFERENCE               : 5-20-01-00090 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H4-Cl-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 77.52
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3NTJ AG
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aziridine, N-chloro-
   * Aziridinyl chloride
   * N-Chloroaziridine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - regional or general arteriolar or venous dilation
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD441-640
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ADWMAX Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin,
   Klasse fuer Medizin. (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  1950-68.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,193,1962

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S pombe-reversion

 
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