*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ON5520000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Maleimide, N,N'-hexamethylenedi-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4856-87-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0253749
REFERENCE               : 4-21-00-04640 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H16-N2-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 276.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5VNVJ B6- BT5VNVJ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,6-Dimaleimidohexane
   * N,N'-Hexamethylenebis(maleimide)
   * N,N'-Hexamethylenedimaleimide
   * 1,1'-(1,6-Hexanediyl)bis-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione
   * 1H-Pyrrole-2,5-dione, 1,1'-(1,6-hexanediyl)bis-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 550 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 40(11),109,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - emphysema
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
   EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
   and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
   Washington, DC 20460)  History unknown.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8EHQ-0790-1023S
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 215 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 40(11),109,1975

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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