*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OX6590000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mesitol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 527-60-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1859675
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-03253 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H12-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 136.21
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Hydroxymesitylene
   * Mesityl alcohol
   * Phenol, 2,4,6-trimethyl-
   * 1,3,5-Trimethylphenol
   * 2,4,6-Trimethylphenol
   * 2,4,6-Trimetylofenol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BCTKAG Bromatologia i Chemia Toksykologiczna.  (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-068
   Warsaw 1, Poland) V.4-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,301,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JMPCAS Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-5, 1959-62.  For publisher information, see JMCMAR.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,201,1960

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0455
       No. of Facilities: 19 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 75 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T0455
       No. of Facilities: 19 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 93 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 56 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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