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RTECS NUMBER            : LQ7350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, chloro-, trichloromethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 503-38-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0970225
REFERENCE               : 4-03-00-00033 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-Cl4-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 197.82
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GXGGOVG
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Carbonochloridic acid trichloromethyl ester
   * Difosgen
   * Diphosgen
   * Diphosgene
   * Methanol, trichloro-, chloroformate
   * Trichloromethyl chloroformate
   * Trichlormethylester kyseliny chlormravenci
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 mg/m3/15M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - ciliary function changes
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   FMORAO Folia Morphologica (Prague).  (Plenum Pub. Corp. 233 Spring St., New
   York, NY 10013) V.13-    1965-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,5,1971

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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