*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : OW3850000
CHEMICAL NAME : Mercury, ethyl(p-toluenesulfonanilidato)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 517-16-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 4153039
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 27
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C15-H17-Hg-N-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 475.98
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2-HG-NR&SWR D1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Organometallic
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Benzenesulfono-p-toluidide, N-(ethylmercuri)-
* Ceresan M
* Ceresan M-2X
* Ceresan M-DB
* N-Ethylmercuri-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide
* N-(Ethylmercuri)-p-toluenesulfonanilide
* N-(Ethylmercuri)-p-toluenesulphonanilide
* Ethylmercury p-toluenesulfanilide
* Ethylmercury p-toluene sulfonamide
* Ethylmercury p-toluenesulfonanilide
* N-Ethylmerkuri-p-toluensulfoanilid
* Granosan MDB
* Mercury, ethyl(4-methyl-N-phenylbenzenesulfonamidato-N)-
* Mercury, ethyl(N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamidato)-
* Mercury, ethyl(N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamido)-
* Mergon
* Mergon D
* (N-Phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamido)ethylmercury
* Seed dressing universal
* p-Toluenesulfonamide, N-(ethylmercuri)-N-phenyl-
* p-Toluenesulfonanilide, N-(ethylmercuri)-
* Zaprawa nasienna universal
* Zaprawa nasienna universal R
* Zaprawa nasienna uniwersalna
*** 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 : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PCOC** Pesticide Chemicals Official Compendium, Association of the American
Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., 1966. (Topeka, KS)
Volume(issue)/page/year: -,204,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
30ZDA9 "Chemistry of Pesticides," Melnikov, N.N., New York, Springer-Verlag
New York, Inc., 1971 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,289,1971
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 128 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Blood - changes in cell count (unspecified)
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
TOIZAG Toho Igakkai Zasshi. Journal of Medical Society of Toho University.
(Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143,
Japan) V.1- 1954- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,71,1960
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 882 mg/kg/10D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - true cholinesterase
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - phosphatases
REFERENCE :
AHISA9 Acta Histochemica. Zeitschrift fuer Histologische Topochemie. (VEB
Gustav Fischer Verlag, Postfach 176, Jena DDR-6900, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-
1954- Volume(issue)/page/year: 69,187,1981
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 400 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,31,1976
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
STEVA8 Science of the Total Environment. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB
211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year:
2,341,1974
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.001 ppm (0.01 mg(Hg)/m3)
DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in
Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO MERCURY, ORGANO-air:TWA 0.01 mg/m3;STEL 0.03 mg/m3 (Sk)
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
*** END OF RECORD ***