*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OW3020000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury, dimethyl-mu-thioxodi-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3032-99-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H6-Hg2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 463.32
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(methylmercury)sulfide
   * Dimethyl-mu-thioxodimercury
 
                       *** 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           : 31600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   YKKZAJ Yakugaku Zasshi.  Journal of Pharmacy.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  No.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,579,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   YKKZAJ Yakugaku Zasshi.  Journal of Pharmacy.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  No.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,579,1959
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 77 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 8 week(s) pre-mating
                          female 8 week(s) pre-mating  - 21 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - delayed effects
REFERENCE :
   ENVRAL Environmental Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
   Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 74,34,1997
 
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